Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space

Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space
ISBN-10
0374523142
ISBN-13
9780374523145
Category
Architecture
Pages
252
Language
English
Published
1992-03
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Michael Sorkin

Description

Discusses the "artificial city" of megamalls, corporate enclaves, gentrified downtowns, and pseudo-historic marketplaces that are rising up around the United States

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