Designs on the public : the private lives of New York's public spaces /

Kristine F. Miller delves into six of New York's public spaces, including Times Square, Trump Tower, and Sony Plaza, to trace how design influences their complicated existence. Design is, in Miller's view, complicit in regulation of public spaces in New York City to exclude undesirables an...

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Autor principal: Miller, Kristine F.
Format: Llibre
Idioma:English
Publicat: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
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Sumari:Kristine F. Miller delves into six of New York's public spaces, including Times Square, Trump Tower, and Sony Plaza, to trace how design influences their complicated existence. Design is, in Miller's view, complicit in regulation of public spaces in New York City to exclude undesirables and privilege commercial interests, and in this work she shows how design can reactivate public space and public life.
Descripció física:1 online resource (xxii, 180 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-168) and index.
ISBN:9780816653768
0816653763