The illuminating evolution of the iconic space of Times Square. What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of character, the place has maintained a unique hold on our collective imagination?
In this book, which comes twenty years after her widely acclaimed
Times Square Roulette, Lynne Sagalyn masterfully tells the story of profound urban change over decades in the symbolic space that is New York City's Times Square. Drawing on the history, sociology, and political economy of the place,
Times Square Remade examines how the public-private transformation of 42nd Street at Times
Square impacted the entertainment district and adjacent neighborhoods, particularly Hell's
Kitchen.
Sagalyn chronicles the earliest halcyon days of 42nd Street and Times Square as the nexus of speculation and competitive theater building as well as its darkest days as vice central, and on to the years of aggressive government intervention to cleanse West 42nd Street of pornography and crime. Thematically, the author analyzes the three main forces that have shaped and reshaped Times Square--theater, real estate, and pornography--and explains the politics and economics of what got built and what has been restored or preserved.
Accompanied by nearly 160 images, more than half in color,
Times Square Remade is a deftly woven narrative of urban transformation that will appeal as much to the general reader and New York City enthusiast as to urbanists, city planners, architects, urban designers, and policymakers.
《時代廣場的啟示性演變》
時代廣場究竟有什麼魅力，使其在一個多世紀以來持續吸引著人們的注意？儘管這個地方經歷了許多性質上的變化，卻依然在我們的集體想像中保持著獨特的地位？在這本書中，Lynne Sagalyn 精妙地講述了紐約市時代廣場這個象徵性空間數十年來深刻的城市變遷，這本書的出版距離她廣受好評的《時代廣場輪盤》已經過去二十年。
《時代廣場重塑》探討了42街在時代廣場的公私轉型如何影響娛樂區及其周邊社區，特別是地獄廚房。Sagalyn 記錄了42街和時代廣場最早的繁榮時期，作為投機和競爭性劇院建設的中心，以及其作為罪惡中心的黑暗時期，並講述了政府積極介入的年代，旨在清除西42街的色情和犯罪。
在主題上，作者分析了塑造和重塑時代廣場的三大主要力量——劇院、房地產和色情，並解釋了建設和修復或保護的政治與經濟背景。
《時代廣場重塑》附有近160幅圖片，其中一半以上為彩色，這是一部巧妙編織的城市變革敘事，將吸引一般讀者和紐約市愛好者，以及城市學者、城市規劃師、建築師、城市設計師和政策制定者。
Lynne B. Sagalyn is Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor Emerita of Real Estate at Columbia Business School, as well as a real estate professional. She is the author of Power at Ground Zero: Politics, Money, and the Remaking of Lower Manhattan, Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon (MIT Press), and Downtown, Inc.: How America Rebuilds Cities (coauthor, MIT Press).
Lynne B. Sagalyn是哥倫比亞商學院的Earle W. Kazis和Benjamin Schore名譽教授，並且是一位房地產專業人士。她是《Power at Ground Zero: Politics, Money, and the Remaking of Lower Manhattan》、《Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon》（麻省理工學院出版社）以及《Downtown, Inc.: How America Rebuilds Cities》（共同作者，麻省理工學院出版社）的作者。
