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Delirious New York : A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan by Rem Koolhaas (1997, Trade Paperback, Reprint)

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Delirious New York : A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, Paperback by Koolhaas, Rem, ISBN 1885254008, ISBN-13 9781885254009, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Describes the effect of the overcrowding of Manhattan on the development of New York's architecture, and of the latter on the culture of the city, and argues that they are the results of a deliberate, if unexpressed, program

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Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior. At the end of the nineteenth century, population, information, and technology explosions made Manhattan a laboratory for the invention and testing of a metropolitan lifestyle -- "the culture of congestion" -- and its architecture. "Manhattan," he writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta Stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Koolhaas interprets and reinterprets the dynamic relationship between architecture and culture in a number of telling episodes of New York's history, including the imposition of the Manhattan grid, the creation of Coney Island, and the development of the skyscraper. Delirious New York is also packed with intriguing and fun facts and illustrated with witty watercolors and quirky archival drawings, photographs, postcards, and maps. The spirit of this visionary investigation of Manhattan equals the energy of the city itself.

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Publisher
Monacelli Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1885254008
ISBN-13
9781885254009
eBay Product ID (ePID)
376491

Product Key Features

Book Title
Delirious New York : a Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
Author
Rem Koolhaas
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Criticism, Regional, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), History / General
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Travel, Architecture
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
7.3in
Item Weight
32.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Na735.N5k66 1994
Edition Description
Reprint
Table of Content
Delirious New YorkIntroduction Prehistory Coney Island: The Technology of the Fantastic The Double Life of Utopia: The Skyscraper The Frontier in the Sky The Skyscraper Theorists The Lives of a Block: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Empire State Building Definitive Instability: The Downtown Athletic Club How Perfect Perfection Can Be: The Creation of Rockefeller Center The Talents of Raymond Hood All the Rockefeller Centers Radio City Music Hall: The Fun Never Sets Kremlin on Fifth Avenue 2 Postscripts Europeans: Biuer! Dali and Le Corbusier Conquer New York Postmortem Appendix: A Fictional Conclusion Notes Acknowledgments Credits
Lccn
94-076577
Dewey Decimal
720/.9747/1
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
18
Illustrated
Yes

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