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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Tác giả chính: Miller, Kristine F.
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
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Tóm tắt: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.
Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (xxii, 180 pages) : illustrations, map
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-168) and index.
số ISBN:9780816653768
0816653763