CHAPTER ONE. Brilliant Corners: The Redevelopment of Times Square

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. About the Photographs xi
5. CHAPTER ONE. Brilliant Corners: The Redevelopment of Times Square 1
6. CHAPTER TWO. Magnificent Spectacle: Real Estate, Theater, Advertising, and the History of Times Square 23
7. CHAPTER THREE. The New Spaces of Times Square: Commerce, Social Control, and the Built Environment 48
8. CHAPTER FOUR. The Midtown Community Court: Intimacy and Power in an Experimental Courtroom 81
9. CHAPTER FIVE. Times Square Ink.: Redevelopment of the Self 96
10. CHAPTER SIX. “Visible Signs of a City Out of Control”: Images of Order and Disorder in Police-Community Dialogue 134
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. “It Doesn’t Exist, But They’re Selling It”: The Debates over “Air Rights” 165
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion: The Meanings of Times Square 188
13. Notes 197
14. Index 217
15. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 231