Design for the Crowd Patriotism and Protest in Union Square 1st edition by Joanna Merwood Salisbury ISBN 0226604909 9780226604909

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ISBN 10: 0226604909
ISBN 13: 9780226604909
Author: Joanna Merwood Salisbury

Situated on Broadway between Fourteenth and Seventeenth Streets, Union Square occupies a central place in both the geography and the history of New York City. Though this compact space was originally designed in 1830 to beautify a residential neighborhood and boost property values, by the early days of the Civil War, New Yorkers had transformed Union Square into a gathering place for political debate and protest. As public use of the square changed, so, too, did its design. When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux redesigned the park in the late nineteenth century, they sought to enhance its potential as a space for the orderly expression of public sentiment. A few decades later, anarchists and Communist activists, including Emma Goldman, turned Union Square into a regular gathering place where they would advocate for radical change. In response, a series of city administrations and business groups sought to quash this unruly form of dissidence by remaking the square into a new kind of patriotic space. As Joanna Merwood-Salisbury shows us in Design for the Crowd, the history of Union Square illustrates ongoing debates over the proper organization of urban space—and competing images of the public that uses it.

In this sweeping history of an iconic urban square, Merwood-Salisbury gives us a review of American political activism, philosophies of urban design, and the many ways in which a seemingly stable landmark can change through public engagement and design.

Design for the Crowd Patriotism and Protest in Union Square 1st Table of contents:

Chapter One: An Ornament to the City, 1811–1850
Chapter Two: The Altar of Patriotism, 1856–1865
Chapter Three: Olmsted and Vaux’s Plaza, 1865–1872
Chapter Four: The People’s Forum, 1872–1886
Chapter Five: The Home of Discontent, 1886–1917
Chapter Six: City Beautiful Civic Center, 1898–1933
Chapter Seven: Cold War Park, 1934–1965
Chapter Eight: Renewal, Revitalization and Place Making, 1966–1998
 

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