The Creative Destruction of Manhattan, 1900-1940
- ISBN-10
- 0226644685
- ISBN-13
- 9780226644684
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 303
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Max Page
Description
Page investigates these cultural counter weights through case studies of Manhattan's development, with depictions ranging from private real estate development along Fifth Avenue to Jacob Riis's slum clearance efforts on the Lower East Side, from the elimination of street trees to the efforts to save City Hall from demolition.
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