INDEX

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION. Narratives of the Built Environment: Architecture, Ideology, and Skyscrapers 1
4. PART I. The Empire State Building: The Setback Skyscraper, the Great Depression, and American Modernism
5. 1. Building, Money, and Power 13
6. 2. Setback Skyscrapers and American Architectural Development 39
7. 3. Capital Nightmares 51
8. 4. The Politics of American Architecture in the 1930s 65
9. PART II. The Seagram Building: The Ascension of the International Style and a Somber Monument to Corporate Authority
10. 5. Architecture Culture into the 1950s 89
11. 6. Clients and Architect 97
12. 7. Gangland’s Grip on Business 115
13. 8. Modern Architecture and Corporate America in the 1950s 129
14. PART III. The World Trade Center: Urban Renewal, Global Capitalism, and Regeneration Through Violence
15. 9. Regeneration Through Violence 147
16. 10. The Rhetoric and Reality of Urban Renewal 157
17. 11. Cathedrals of Commerce: Minoru Yamasaki, Skyscraper Design, and the Rise of Postmodernism 169
18. CONCLUSION. Into the Future 181
19. EPILOGUE 187
20. NOTES 195
21. INDEX 223
22. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 231