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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821836403321

Titolo

Buffalo at the crossroads : the past, present, and future of American urbanism / / edited by Peter H. Christensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5017-4977-3

1-5017-4978-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

720.9747/97

Soggetti

Architecture - New York (State) - Buffalo - History

Architecture and society - New York (State) - Buffalo - History

Buildings - New York (State) - Buffalo

Buffalo (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc History

Buffalo (N.Y.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Buffalo as Territory -- Buffalo as Utopia -- Buffalo as Experiment -- Buffalo as Palimpsest.

Sommario/riassunto

'Buffalo at the Crossroads' is a diverse set of cutting-edge essays. Twelve authors highlight the outsized importance of Buffalo, New York, within the story of American urbanism. They consider the history of Buffalo's built environment in light of contemporary developments and in relationship to the evolving interplay between nature, industry, and architecture.