LEADER 04875nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910779147503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89767-9 010 $a0-8122-0260-0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202601 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104589 035 $a(OCoLC)794702348 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576142 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631295 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11420413 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631295 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591978 035 $a(PQKB)10491289 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18471 035 $a(DE-B1597)449421 035 $a(OCoLC)1013964247 035 $a(OCoLC)979740595 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202601 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441701 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576142 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421017 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441701 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104589 100 $a20090130d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSkyscraper$b[electronic resource] $ethe politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century /$fBenjamin Flowers 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4184-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[195]-221) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tINTRODUCTION. Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers --$tPART I. The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism --$t1. Building, Money, and Power --$t2. Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development --$t3. Capital Nightmares --$t4. The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930's --$tPART II. The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority --$t5. Architecture Culture into the 1950's --$t6. Clients and Architect --$t7. Gangland's Grip on Business --$t8. Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950's --$tPART III. The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence --$t9. Regeneration Through Violence --$t10. The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal --$t11. Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism --$tCONCLUSION. Into the Future --$tEPILOGUE --$tNOTES --$tINDEX --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS 330 $aSelected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Nowhere in the world is there a greater concentration of significant skyscrapers than in New York City. And though this iconographic American building style has roots in Chicago, New York is where it has grown into such a powerful reflection of American commerce and culture. In Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century, Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape. Flowers narrates this modern tale by closely examining the creation and reception of three significant sites: the Empire State Building, the Seagram Building, and the World Trade Center. He demonstrates how architects and their clients employed a diverse range of modernist styles to engage with and influence broader cultural themes in American society: immigration, the Cold War, and the rise of American global capitalism. Skyscraper explores the various wider meanings associated with this architectural form as well as contemporary reactions to it across the critical spectrum. Employing a broad array of archival sources, such as corporate records, architects' papers, newspaper ads, and political cartoons, Flowers examines the personal, political, cultural, and economic agendas that motivate architects and their clients to build ever higher. He depicts the American saga of commerce, wealth, and power in the twentieth century through their most visible symbol, the skyscraper. 606 $aSkyscrapers$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aArchitecture and society$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xBuildings, structures, etc 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aArchitecture. 610 $aFine Art. 610 $aGarden History. 610 $aHistory. 615 0$aSkyscrapers 615 0$aArchitecture and society$xHistory 676 $a720/.483097471 700 $aFlowers$b Benjamin Sitton$01519702 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779147503321 996 $aSkyscraper$93757967 997 $aUNINA