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Times Square remade : dynamics of urban change /

"This is a story of profound urban change over decades of time in a symbolic space celebrated as a worldwide phenomenon. Drawing on the history, sociology, and political economy of the place, Times Square Remade examines, twenty years later, how the public-private transformation of 42nd Street...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sagalyn, Lynne B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Times Square (New York, N.Y.) > History.
New York (State) > New York > Times Square.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Remade: an introduction
  • Built on speculation
  • The long slide
  • The cleansing
  • Surprise velocity
  • Bowtie anxieties
  • Iconic spectacle
  • Beyond Times Square
  • The contradictions of time
  • Pandemic microcosm: a coda.