| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 289 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Urban life, landscape, and policy |
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Urban life, landscape, and policy.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The Problem of Congestion -- 1. A Recipe for Dystopia: Technology, Speed, and Privatization in the Nineteenth-Century City -- 2. Road-Colored Glasses: Dreaming and Engineering Urban Futures -- II. Elevated Expectations -- Introduction -- 3. Beaux Arts Chicago -- 4. Art Deco New York -- 5. Streamlined Boston -- III. Bridges and Divides -- 6. The Realities and Consequences of Construction -- 7. Aftershocks: Interstates and Interventions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Modern Mobility Aloft explores how American cities used the insertion of elevated highways as major architectural statements about local growth and modernization in the pre-Interstate highway era"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 06, 2020) |
| Subject |
Elevated highways -- United States -- History
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Elevated highways -- United States -- Design and construction
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City planning -- United States
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City planning
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Elevated highways
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Elevated highways -- Design and construction
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019052142 |
| ISBN |
9781439919194 |
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1439919194 |
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