Can design be devious? : the story of the Robert Moses bridges over the Long Island parkways, and other explorations of unexpected political consequences of design / Francesco Garutti ; contributors, Matthew Gandy, Stephen Graham, Antony Hudek, Albena Yaneva ; translation, Stephen Piccolo.

Main entry:

Garutti, Francesco, author

Title & Author:

Publication:

Montréal, Québec : Canadian Centre for Architecture, [2016]

Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), audio file, color map, plan, video file

Notes:
Available on iTunes.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

This publication explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses spanning the parkways of Long Island. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by Robert Moses, and the story suggests that they were designed to prevent the passage of buses, thereby allowing only people who could afford to own a car to access Long Island's leisure spaces. Moses's possible devious intent and the transformation of the story in subsequent decades shaped a scholarly debate. The publication was produced to accompany the film Misleading Innocence (tracing what a bridge can do), which was developed by Francesco Garutti during his residency at the CCA as Emerging Curator 2013-2014. It presents objects and documents that Garutti encountered during his research, both deepening the analysis and widening the scope beyond the case of the bridges.

ISBN:

9781927071267
1927071267

Subject:

Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
Bridges Political aspects New York (State) Long Island.
Parkways New York (State) Long Island.
Highway planning New York (State) Long Island History 20th century.
Ponts Aspect politique New York (État) Long Island.
Routes touristiques New York (État) Long Island.
Routes Planification New York (État) Long Island Histoire 20e siècle.
Bridges Political aspects
Highway planning
Parkways
New York (State) Long Island
Bridges (built works) United States New York (State) Long Island.
Parkways United States New York (State) Long Island.

Form/genre:

e-books.
History
Livres numériques.

Added entries:

Gandy, Matthew
Graham, Stephen, 1965-
Hudek, Antony.
Yaneva, Albena.
Piccolo, Stephen, translator.
Centre canadien d'architecture, issuing body.

Story of the Robert Moses bridges over the Long Island parkways, and other explorations of unexpected political consequences of design
Misleading Innocence

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