Before skyscrapers forever transformed the landscape of the modern metropolis; the conveyance that made them possible had to be created. Invented in New York in the 1850s; the elevator became an urban fact of life on both sides of the Atlantic by the early twentieth century. While it may at first glance seem a modest innovation; it had wide-ranging effects; from fundamentally restructuring building design to reinforcing social class hierarchies by moving luxury apartments to upper levels; previously the domain of the lower classes. The cramped elevator cabin itself served as a reflection of life in modern growing cities; as a space of simultaneous intimacy and anonymity; constantly in motion.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Youll Be Sorry!!!!!!!By B. MartinezOK; Ive learned my lesson. With so many negative reviews; everyone cant be wrong. I have purchased literally hundreds of books from ; and I like very much; but this was the worst piece of @#$%$#!! book I have ever purchased from them. How dare they charge $17.50 for this amateurish reprint! I knew it was a print on demand book (the date I ordered it is printed on the back page) but I didnt think it would look like it was printed on a Xerox machine from the 70s that was running out of toner!! The photos are washed out and undiscernable. Im hoping I can find a beat up copy of the original somewhere. I really would love to have this book. Oh; and BTW; shame on Da Capo Press!!. I own many of their wonderful reprint books on music. My respect for them as a publisher has dropped 80 points!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Have a scanner?By George BittancourtI immediately realized that I could improve many of these photos by scanning them into iPhoto and tweaking a little. I just didnt think that should be up to me. Surely; Weegees work was better than this.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Reprint edition (1985) is great bookBy Paolo DeexAfter reading complaints about modern edition and poor quality I decided to bought a used reprinted edition from 1985. Quality is quite decent so I am very happyReprint EditionISBN-13: 978-0306802416; ISBN-10: 0306802414
