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Benjamin Chesluk weaves together surprising stories of everyday life in and around the Times Square redevelopment, tracing the connections between people from every level of this grand project in social and spatial engineering: the developers, architects, and designers responsible for reshaping the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chesluk, Benjamin Jacob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Urban renewal.
Social conditions
Power (Social sciences)
City planning > Political aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
Renovation urbaine > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Urban renewal > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
City planning > Political aspects > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Times Square.
New York (State) > New York.
Times Square (New York, N.Y.) > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Times Square (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Benjamin Chesluk weaves together surprising stories of everyday life in and around the Times Square redevelopment, tracing the connections between people from every level of this grand project in social and spatial engineering: the developers, architects, and designers responsible for reshaping the urban public spaces of Times Square and Forty-second Street; the experimental Midtown Community Court and its Times Square Ink. job-training program for misdemeanor criminals; encounters between NYPD officers and residents of Hells Kitchen; and angry confrontations between city planners and neighbo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780813543819

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