| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index. |
| Contents |
Brilliant corners -- Magnificent spectacle -- The new spaces of Times Square -- The midtown community court -- Times Square Ink -- "Visible signs of a city out of control" -- "It doesn't exist, but they're selling it" -- The meanings of Times Square -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
Benjamin Chesluk weaves together surprising stories of everyday life in and around the Times Square redevelopment, tracing the connections between people from every level of this grand project in social and spatial engineering: the developers, architects, and designers responsible for reshaping the urban public spaces of Times Square and Forty-second Street; the experimental Midtown Community Court and its Times Square Ink. job-training program for misdemeanor criminals; encounters between NYPD officers and residents of Hells Kitchen; and angry confrontations between city planners and neighbo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Times Square (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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City planning -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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City planning -- Political aspects. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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City planning. |
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Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Urban renewal. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Power (Social sciences)
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Power (Social sciences) |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chesluk, Benjamin Jacob. Money jungle. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008 9780813541792 0813541794 (DLC) 2007000030 (OCoLC)79256692 |
| ISBN |
9780813543819 (electronic book) |
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0813543819 (electronic book) |
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1281224219 |
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9781281224217 |
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9780813541792 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813541794 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786611224219 |
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