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BL
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993071
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b747441
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| Main Entry
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Chesluk, Benjamin Jacob.
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| Title & Author
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Money jungle : : imagining the new Times Square /\ Benjamin Chesluk ; photographs by Maggie Hopp.
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| Publication Statement
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New Brunswick, N.J. :: Rutgers University Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xii, 230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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0813543819
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: 1281224219
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: 6611224211
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: 9780813543819
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: 9781281224217
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: 9786611224219
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0813541794
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9780813541792
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index.
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| Contents
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Brilliant corners -- Magnificent spectacle -- The new spaces of Times Square -- The midtown community court -- Times Square Ink -- "Visible signs of a city out of control" -- "It doesn't exist, but they're selling it" -- The meanings of Times Square -- Notes -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Benjamin Chesluk weaves together surprising stories of everyday life in and around the Times Square redevelopment, tracing the connections between people from every level of this grand project in social and spatial engineering: the developers, architects, and designers responsible for reshaping the urban public spaces of Times Square and Forty-second Street; the experimental Midtown Community Court and its Times Square Ink. job-training program for misdemeanor criminals; encounters between NYPD officers and residents of Hells Kitchen; and angry confrontations between city planners and neighbo.
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City planning-- Political aspects-- New York (State)-- New York.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Urban renewal-- New York (State)-- New York-- History-- 20th century.
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City planning-- Political aspects.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Urban renewal.
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Times Square (New York, N.Y.), Social conditions, 20th century.
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New York (State), New York, Times Square.
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New York (State), New York.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.09747/1
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| LC Classification
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HT168.N5C48 2008eb
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