Media Capital Architecture and Communications in New York City

Name: Media Capital Architecture and Communications in New York City
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ISBN: 9780252078828

ISBN-10: 0252078829

ISBN-13: 9780252078828

Edition: 2012

Authors: Aurora Wallace

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In a declaration of the ascendance of the American media industry, nineteenth-century press barons in New York City helped to invent the skyscraper, a quintessentially American icon of progress and aspiration. Early newspaper buildings in the country's media capital were designed to communicate both commercial and civic ideals, provide public space and prescribe discourse, and speak to class and mass in equal measure. This book illustrates how the media have continued to use the city as a space in which to inscribe and assert their power. With a unique focus on corporate headquarters as embodiments of the values of the press and as signposts for understanding media culture,Media…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 10/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



News Capital



New Buildings and New Spaces



Nineteenth-Century Stories and Columns



Art Deco News



Postwar News


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index