Skyscraper
The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century
Benjamin Flowers
2009 | 240 pages | Cloth $39.95
History | Architecture
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers
PART I. THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING: THE SETBACK SKYSCRAPER, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND AMERICAN MODERNISM
1 Building, Money, and Power
2 Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development
3 Capital Nightmares
4 The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930s
PART II. THE SEAGRAM BUILDING: THE ASCENSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE AND A SOMBER MONUMENT TO CORPORATE AUTHORITY
5 Architecture Culture into the 1950s
6 Clients and Architect
7 Gangland's Grip on Business
8 Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950s
PART III. THE WORLD TRADE CENTER: URBAN RENEWAL, GLOBAL CAPITALISM, AND REGENERATION THROUGH VIOLENCE
9 Regeneration Through Violence
10 The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal
11 Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism
Conclusion: Into the Future
Epilogue
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments