City speculations / edited by Patricia C. Phillips.

Title & Author:

City speculations / edited by Patricia C. Phillips.

Publication:

Description:

ix, 101 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Fresh kills : imaging the landfill / Mierle Laderman Ukeles -- Tracking New York's ghettos / Camilo José Vergara.
Introduction: portraying the city / Patricia C. Phillips. -- The panorama of New York City : a paradoxical view / M. Christine Boyer -- Queens conjecture / Mojdeh Baratloo and Clifton Balch -- Soft sell / Diller + Scofidio -- Switch / Keller Easterling -- The Nomad Mapping Project / Andrea Kahn -- Overlooking Tompkins Square Park : 1990-95 / Ana Marton -- Transparent cities / Brian McGrath -- Second New York / Kyong Park with William Cathcart -- New York paleotectonic : 1964-95 / Richard Plunz -- Visible cities / Wellington Reiter -- Scoring the park / Mark Robbins.
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Summary:

"City Speculations examines how different methods of urban representation affect the way cities are planned, constructed, and experienced. Conceived in response to the Panorama of the City of New York - the monolithic scale model of New York City built by Robert Moses - the architects, artists, planners, and educators included in this volume employ a variety of idiosyncratic techniques to depict the city. From the wryly humorous to the disturbingly tragic, these diverse "speculations" offer an alternative to the unified vision presented by the Panorama."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

1568980779 (pbk.)
9781568980775 (pbk.)

Subject:

Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. Panorama of the City of New York.
Urban renewal New York (State) New York.
City planning New York (State) New York.
Rénovation urbaine New York (État) New York.
City planning
Urban renewal
City planning United States 20th century.
New York (State) New York
New York (N.Y.) City planning.

Form/genre:

Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Phillips, Patricia C., 1952-
Queens Museum of Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 121173
Call No.: ID NA9053.U7.C68; ID:96-B636
Status: Available

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