02516nam 2200625 a 450 991045331290332120210209191244.01-282-27123-797866122712361-86189-465-1(CKB)1000000000554023(EBL)368671(OCoLC)437236605(SSID)ssj0000312963(PQKBManifestationID)11259008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312963(PQKBWorkID)10332073(PQKB)11127132(MiAaPQ)EBC368671(MiAaPQ)EBC3330007(EXLCZ)99100000000055402320080206d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWarsaw[electronic resource] /David CrowleyLondon Reaktion20031 online resource (210 p.)TopographicsDescription based upon print version of record.1-86189-179-2 Includes bibliographical references.Monuments in ruins -- Shops and markets -- At home in the city -- Conclusion : whither public space?Warsaw has an unenviable reputation in the minds of many: often invoked as the epitome of the brutal environment produced by Soviet aesthetics and planning, its name conjures up a grey, faceless world of tower blocks and Orwellian governmental buildings; its image - perhaps more so than that of any other city in the former Soviet block - inextricably tied to the fate of the Communist system. Warsaw appears to have been locked in the vice of history - crushed by one totalitarian system, remade by another, only now being liberated by market forces. The history of this power play is only one ofTopographics.ArchitecturePolandWarsawHistory20th centuryWarsaw (Poland)Description and travelWarsaw (Poland)Social life and customs20th centuryWarsaw (Poland)Civilization20th centuryWarsaw (Poland)Intellectual life20th centuryElectronic books.ArchitectureHistory943.84943.840904571.14bclCrowley David1966-965761MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453312903321Warsaw2191283UNINA