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The space of production: Brooklyn and the creation of an urban industrial landscape.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The space of production: Brooklyn and the creation of an urban industrial landscape.
Author:	Simon, Malka.
Description:	371 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-07, Section: A, page: 2277.
Notes:	Adviser: Jean-Louis Cohen.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-07A.
Subject:	Art History.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3365749
ISBN:	9781109259100

The space of production: Brooklyn and the creation of an urban industrial landscape.
Simon, Malka.

The space of production: Brooklyn and the creation of an urban industrial landscape. - 371 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-07, Section: A, page: 2277.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2009.

Between 1860 and 1939, Brooklyn grew into a major center of industry within the Port of New York. Its rich network of warehouses and factories form a series of intricate streetscapes dictated by the necessities of production. This dissertation uses these buildings as a case study to evaluate the impact of industry on the urban landscape, the forces driving the creation of a distinctive place, and the role played by American industry in forging a new approach to architectural design. In Brooklyn, industrial production yielded several discrete landscapes whose appearances derived from the particular demands of production, technology, and transportation infrastructure. This study begins in Red Hook, whose low-rise blocks of brick storehouses reflected the dominance of the storage industry as well as the building technology available to nineteenth century developers. It continues in the Eastern District, where sustained industrial growth by a variety of companies yielded a complex pattern of land use. Finally, this study ends in Sunset Park, whose blocks of large-scale reinforced concrete factories spoke to methods of scientific management and industrial efficiency prevalent at the dawn of the machine age.

ISBN: 9781109259100Subjects--Topical Terms:

212490
Art History.

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