Suburbanization of New York Is the World's Greatest City Becoming Just Another Town?

Name: Suburbanization of New York Is the World's Greatest City Becoming Just Another Town?
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ISBN: 9781568986784

ISBN-10: 1568986785

ISBN-13: 9781568986784

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jerilou Hammett, Martha Cooper, Kingsley Hammett, Kingsley Hammett

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The city that never sleeps also never stops changing. And while New Yorkers are renowned for their trendsetting, this thought-provoking book argues that New York City itself has become a follower rather than a leader. Once-distinctive streets and neighborhoods have become awash in generic stores, apartment boxes, and garish signs and billboards. Legendary neighborhoods (Little Italy, Hell's Kitchen, Harlem, the Lower East Side) have been smoothed over with cute monikers, remade for real-estate investment and for sale to the highest bidder. What does the future hold for the legendary metropolis, gateway to immigrants and strivers, magnet for builders and dealers, muse for artists and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 1/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



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