Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century
Benjamin Flowers
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Description for Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century
Hardback. In Skyscraper, Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape. Num Pages: 240 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
Nowhere in the world is there a greater concentration of significant skyscrapers than in New York City. And though this iconographic American building style has roots in Chicago, New York is where it has grown into such a powerful reflection of American commerce and culture.
In Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century, Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape. Flowers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812241846
SKU
V9780812241846
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Ref
99-1
About Benjamin Flowers
Benjamin Flowers teaches architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Reviews for Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century
"In this both sweeping and specific book, Benjamin Flowers describes the Empire State Building, the Seagram Building, and the World Trade Center towers, explaining why developers undertook them and how personal ambitions influenced their designs. . . .Flowers sheds intriguing light on three important skyscrapers here. In the process, he humanizes these endeavors, while situating them in a historical context, ... Read more