LEADER 04662nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910967832203321 005 20251117084325.0 010 $a0-8232-4871-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233627 035 $a(EBL)3239730 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000477843 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11326964 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000477843 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10513409 035 $a(PQKB)10338851 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239730 035 $a(OCoLC)755279804 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15098 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239730 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10586788 035 $a(OCoLC)923763617 035 $a(BIP)27201696 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233627 100 $a20090702d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIntersections $ethe Grand Concourse at 100 /$fAntonio Sergio Bessa, editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cFordham University Press $cBronx Museum of the Arts$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8232-3078-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""CONTENTS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ESSAYS""; ""HISTORY IN BRIEF OF THE CONCEPTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GRAND BOULEVARD & CONCOURSE IN THE 23rd AND 24th WARDS""; ""The True History of the Conception and Planning of the Grand Boulevard & Concourse in the Bron x""; ""BOLD VISION: LOUIS RISSEa???S GRAND PLAN FOR THE CONCOURSE""; ""AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF THE GRAND CONCOURSE""; ""COMMISSIONS""; ""JEFF CHIEN-HSING LIAO""; ""KATIE HOLTEN""; ""ACCONCI STUDIO""; ""PABLO HELGUERA""; ""KABIR CARTER""; ""SKOWMON HASTANAN""; ""THE GRAND CONCOURSE BEYOND 100 "" 327 $a""CHRONOLOGY"" 330 $aNovember 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, the Bronx's crown jewel of urban planning, which stretches over four miles from 138th Street to the Mosholu Parkway. This famous roadway represents Art Deco and Art Moderne architecture at its grandest, including a cornucopia of apartment complexes, the Concourse Plaza Hotel, the Loews Paradise Theater, the Bronx County Courthouse, and, of course, Yankee Stadium. Modeled on the Champs- lys es in Paris and described in the 1939 WPA Guide to New York as "the Park Avenue of the middle-class," it offered residents amenities not seen before in the city, such as private bathrooms and central heating. Intersections: The Grand Concourse at 100 examines the rich history of the Bronx's most famous thoroughfare through a fascinating collection of pieces--written by top-rate historians and contemporary museum curators, and accompanied by two original texts by Alsatian-born engineer Louis Risse, who designed and oversaw the construction of the Grand Concourse--on the context that informed its planning and construction, along with a vast and lush collection of photographs that bring this intoxicating period back to life. The book will also feature six art projects especially commissioned for the occasion: a series of large-scale color photographs by Jeff Liao; a time line by Skowmon Hastanan; The Tree Museum, a project by Katie Holten on the green spaces along the Concourse; a documentary film by Pablo Helguera on three buildings along the Concourse, namely, Poe's cottage, the Paradise Theater, and the Freedman Home; a project by Kabir Carter about capturing sounds from different areas along the Concourse; and a special lobby installation by Acconci Studio. Traveling the Concourse today offers a lesson in architecture, history, and sociology as you see the faces and places that call it home. It is truly New York, but more important, authentically the Bronx. You can't experience the Bronx until you travel the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, and Intersections: The Grand Concourse at 100 gives you this opportunity. 606 $aCity planning$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 606 $aArchitecture$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 607 $aGrand Concourse (New York, N.Y.)$xHistory 607 $aGrand Concourse (New York, N.Y.)$xAnniversaries, etc 607 $aBronx (New York, N.Y.)$xHistory 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xHistory 615 0$aCity planning$xHistory. 615 0$aArchitecture$xHistory. 676 $a974.7/275 701 $aBessa$b Antonio Sergio$01084225 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967832203321 996 $aIntersections$94477186 997 $aUNINA