Times Square remade [electronic resource] : the dynamics of urban change / Lynne B. Sagalyn.

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"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 at Ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sagalyn, Lynne B. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Cities and towns > Study and teaching > New York State > New York. Times Square (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Online Access:	MIT Press Direct 2023 Trade Books Collection: 2023 (Digital Object Identifier Permalink)
Variant Title:	Dynamics of urban change Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change
Format:	Electronic eBook

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.