Description: Empire City by David Scobey Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description When the locals and the rest of the world say New York, they mean Manhattan, a crowded island of commercial districts and residential neighborhoods, skyscrapers and tenements, fabulously rich and abjectly poor cheek by jowl. This title tells the story of the dreams that inspired the changes in the landscape and the problems that eluded solution. Publisher Description For generations, New Yorkers have joked about "The Citys" interminable tearing down and building up. The city that the whole world watches seems to be endlessly remaking itself. When the locals and the rest of the world say "New York," they mean Manhattan, a crowded island of commercial districts and residential neighborhoods, skyscrapers and tenements, fabulously rich and abjectly poor cheek by jowl. Of course, it was not always so; New Yorks metamorphosis from compact port to modern metropolis occurred during the mid-nineteenth century. Empire City tells the story of the dreams that inspired the changes in the landscape and the problems that eluded solution. Author David Scobey paints a remarkable panorama of New Yorks uneven development, a city-building process careening between obsessive calculation and speculative excess. Envisioning a new kind of national civilization, "bourgeois urbanists" attempted to make New York the nations pre-eminent city. Ultimately, they created a mosaic of grand improvements, dynamic change, and environmental disorder.Empire City sets the stories of the citys most celebrated landmarks Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge, the downtown commercial center within the context of this new ideal of landscape design and a politics of planned city building.Perhaps such an ambitious project for guiding growth, overcoming spatial problems, and uplifting the public was bound to fail; still, it grips the imagination. Author note: David M. Scobey is Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Arts of Citizenship Program at the University of Michigan. Author Biography David M. Scobey is Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Arts of Citizenship Program at the University of Michigan. Details ISBN 1592132359 ISBN-13 9781592132355 Title Empire City Author David Scobey Format Paperback Year 2003 Pages 352 Publisher Temple University Press,U.S. GE_Item_ID:161793622; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781592132355
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Book Title: Empire City : the Making and Meaning of
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Temple University Press
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, United States / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2003
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 22.9 Oz
Author: David Scobey
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Book Series: Critical Perspectives on the P Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
