Times Square Roulette
Remaking the City Icon
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Word Count
159,500 words, Guess
Page Count
638 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivetimessquareroule0000saga
- ISBN-139780262692953
- ISBN-100262692953
- Goodreads2190680
- LibraryThing875564
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- WikidataQ122915940
- Better World Books9780262692953
- Open LibraryOL9399928M
Classifications
- LCCHT168.N5 S24 2001
- LCCHT168
Description
"In Times Square Roulette, Lynne Sagalyn debunks the myth of an overnight urban miracle performed by Disney and Mayor Giuliani, to tell the far more complex and commanding tale of a twenty-year process of public controversy, nonstop litigation, and seemingly interminable delay. She tells how the troubled execution of the original redevelopment plan provided a rare opportunity to rescript it. And timing was all: The mid-1990s saw rising international corporate interest in the city as a mecca for mass-market entertainment and synergistic merchandising. Sagalyn details the complex relationship between planning and politics and the role of market forces in shaping Times Square's redevelopment opportunities. She shows how policy was wedded to deal making and how persistent individuals and groups forged both."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon
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