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Glazer, Nathan.

From a cause to a style modernist architecture's encounter with the American city / [electronic resource] : Nathan Glazer. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. - viii, 300 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Building for the public : what has gone wrong? -- The prince, the people, and the architects -- "Subverting the context" : Olmsted's parks and Serra's sculpture -- Monuments in an age without heroes -- Modernism and classicism on the National Mall -- Daniel P. Moynihan and federal architecture -- What happened in East Harlem -- Amenity in New York City -- Planning for New York City : is it possible? -- What has happened to the city planner? -- The social agenda of architecture.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780691129570 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691129576 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA700745 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architecture and society--History--United States--20th century.
City planning--History--United States--20th century.
City planning--Social aspects--United States.
Modernism (Aesthetics)--History--United States--20th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: NA2543.S6 / G59 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 720.973/0904