Using examples from architecture; film; literature; and the visual arts; this wide-ranging book examines the significance of New York City in the urban imaginary between 1890 and 1940. In particular; Imagining New York City considers how and why certain city spaces-such as the skyline; the sidewalk; the slum; and the subway-have come to emblematize key aspects of the modern urban condition. In so doing; Christoph Lindner also considers the ways in which cultural developments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set the stage for more recent responses to a variety of urban challenges facing the city; such as post-disaster recovery; the renewal of urban infrastructure; and the remaking of public space.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Great ReadingBy Copernicus FellowI am commencing a PhD in social network mapping and cultural informatics (digital humanities) and I found this book very useful.
