Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America
(Part of the Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy Series)
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In the first half of the twentieth century, urban elevated highways were much more than utilitarian infrastructure, lifting traffic above the streets; they were statements of civic pride, asserting boldly modern visions for a city's architecture, economy, and transportation network. Yet three of the most ambitious projects, launched in Chicago, New York, and Boston in the spirit of utopian models by architects such as Le Corbusier and Hugh Ferriss,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1439919186
ISBN13:9781439919187
Release Date:November 2020
Publisher:Temple University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.0" x 9.9"
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