Koolhaas, Rem,

Delirious New York : a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan / Rem Koolhaas. - New edition. - 317 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316).

Prehistory -- Coney Island: the technology of the fantastic -- The double life of Utopia: the skyscraper. The frontier in the sky ; The skyscraper theorists ; The lives of a block: the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Empire State Building ; Definitive instability: the Downtown Athletic Club -- How perfect perfection can be: the creation of Rockefeller Center. The talents of Raymond Hood ; All the Rockefeller Centers ; Radio City Music Hall: the fun never sets ; Kremlin on Fifth Avenue ; 2 Postscripts -- Europeans: Biuer! Dalí and Le Corbusier conquer New York -- Postmortem.

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Architecture--New York (State)--New York

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