Sidewalk Critic: Lewis Mumford's Writing on New York
- Princeton 2000
- 279p.
A New York Childhood: Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay p.32, A New York Adolescence: Tennis, Quadratic Equations, and Love p.40, 1931 to 32: Frozen Music or Solidified Static?: Reflections on Radio City p.54, The Sky Line: Bridges and Buildings p.60, The Sky Line: The Modern Hospital p.63, The Sky Line: From the Palace of the Popes The Cantilevered Front Return to Sobriety p.66, The Sky Line: Unconscious Architecture p.69, The Sky Line: Organic Architecture p.71, The Sky Line: A Survivor of the Brown Decades De Mortuis What Might Have Been p.74, The Sky Line: Medals and Mentions p.77, The Sky Line: On Making a Museum p.80, Post Boom Tower The Modern Restaurant p.80, 1932 to 33: The Sky Line: Gas Tanks and Towers The New Architect p.84, The Sky Line: The Laundry Takes to Architecture p.88, The Art Galleries: The Rockefeller Collection The Sky Line: Two Theatres p.93, The Sky Line: The Architects Show Their Wares p.95, The Art Galleries: Early Americans Ben Shahn and Tom Mooney, Mr. Rivera's Mural p.97, The Sky Line: Skyscrapers and Tenements p.100, 1933 to 34: The Sky Line: Portholes on the Avenue, Bankers and Goldfish p.104, The Sky Line: Mr. Rockefeller's Center p.107, The Sky Line: The New York Lunchroom p.110, 1934 to 35: The Sky Line: On an Incinerator Renovated Brownstone p.114, The Sky Line: Concerning Foley Square p.118, The Sky Line: Modern Design and the New Bryant Park p.121, The Sky Line: Meditations on a Zoo p.124, The Sky Line: Bars and Lounges p.127, The Sky Line: Mr. Wright's City, Downtown Dignity p.130, 1935 to 36: The Sky Line: Menageries and Piers p.134, The Sky Line: A Park with a View, M. Le Corbusier, Indians and Platters p.138, The Sky Line: The New Housing p.142, The Art Galleries: Fifth Avenue's New Museum p.146, The Sky Line: Old and New p.150, The Sky Line: Fiftieth Anniversary, A Georgian Post Office p.154, The Sky Line: Houses and Fairs p.158, 1936 to 37: The Sky Line: Modernity and Commerce p.164, The Sky Line: Parks and Playgrounds, New Buildings for Old p.168, The Sky Line: The City of the Future p.173, The Sky Line: Buildings and Books p.177, The Sky Line: The World's Fair p.181, The Sky Line: Bridges and Beaches p.185, 1937 to 38: The Sky Line: Gardens and Glass p.192, The Sky Line: New Facades p.197, The Sky Line: For the Common Good p.202, The Sky Line: At Home, Indoors and Out p.206, The Sky Line: The New Order p.209, The Sky Line: Pax in Urbe p.213, 1938 to 39: The Sky Line: Bauhaus Two Restaurants and a Theatre p.218, The Sky Line: Westward Ho! p.222, The Sky Line: The American Tradition p.226, The Sky Line: Growing Pains, The New Museum p.230, The Sky Line in Flushing: West is East p.235, The Sky Line in Flushing: Genuine Bootleg p.242, 1939 to 40: The Sky Line: Modern Housing, from A to X p.250, The Sky Line: Millionsfor Mausoleums p.254, The Sky Line: Versailles for the Millions p.258, The Sky Line: The Dead Past and the Dead Present p.262, The Sky Line: Rockefeller Center Revisited p.266