Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon - Couverture rigide

Sagalyn, Lynne B.

 
9780262194624: Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon
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ISBN 10 : 0262194627 ISBN 13 : 9780262194624
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2001

Synopsis

The compelling story of the politics, policies, and personalities that made Times Square's revitalization possible.

The spectacularly successful transformation of Times Square has become a model for other cities. From its beginning as Longacre Square, Times Square's commercialism, signage, cultural diversity, and social tolerance have been deeply embedded in New York City's psyche. Its symbolic role guaranteed that any plan for its renewal would push the hot buttons of public controversy: free speech, property-taking through eminent domain, development density, tax subsidy, and historic preservation.

In Times Square Roulette, Lynne Sagalyn debunks the myth of an overnight urban miracle performed by Disney and Mayor Giuliani, to tell the far more complex and commanding tale of a twenty-year process of public controversy, nonstop litigation, and interminable delay. She tells how the troubled execution of the original redevelopment plan provided a rare opportunity to rescript it. And timing was all: the mid-1990s saw rising international corporate interest in the city was a mecca for mass-market entertainment and synergistic merchandising. Sagalyn details the complex relationship between planning and politics and the role of market forces in shaping Times Square's redevelopment opportunities. She shows how policy was wedded to deal making and how persistent individuals and groups forged both.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lynne B. Sagalyn is the Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Director of the MBA Real Estate Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

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Éditeur
The MIT Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262194627
ISBN 13 
9780262194624
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
638
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0262692953 ISBN 13 :  9780262692953
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2003
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