Manhattan's Public Spaces

<p><em>Manhattan's Public Spaces: Production Revitalization Commodification</em> analyzes a series of architectural works and their contribution to New York's public space over the past few decades. By exploring a mix of urban mechanisms supportive frameworks legal systems and planning guidelines for the transformation of the city's collective realm the text frames Manhattan as a controversial landscape of interests and concerns to authorities communities and very importantly developers.</p><p>The production revitalization and commodification of Manhattan's public spaces as a phenomenon and as a subject of study also highlights the vicissitudes of the reconciliation of the many different agents which are part of the process. The challenge of the book does not only lie in the analysis of good design but more importantly in how to understand the functional mechanisms for the current trends in the production of space for public use. A complex framework of actors governance and market monopolies which invites the reader to participate in the debate of how these interventions contribute or not to an inclusive environment anchored in the existing built fabric.</p><p><em>Manhattan's Public Spaces</em> invites reflection on the revitalization of the city's shared space from all dimensions. Beautifully illustrated in black and white with over 50 images this book will be of interest to scholars and students in architecture planning and urban design.</p>