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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction What Is Public Space?
  7. 1. Public Space as Public Sphere The Front Steps of New York’s City Hall
  8. 2. Art or Lunch? Redesigning a Public for Federal Plaza
  9. 3. Condemning the Public in the New Times Square
  10. 4. Bamboozled? Access, Ownership, and the IBM Atrium
  11. 5. Targeted Publics and Sony Plaza
  12. 6. Trump Tower and the Aesthetics of Largesse
  13. Epilogue After 9/11
  14. Notes
  15. Index

Index

ABC, 64

access to public spaces: access to processes that govern public spaces, 76–77, 91

codes of conduct and, xx–xxi, 105–7, 110–14, 142–43

corporate sorting of public life in Sony Plaza, 98

limitations on, ix, x, xviii

physical limitations on, 76, 91

advertising: importance of children to advertisers, 110

Sony Plaza as physical advertisement, 103–5

in Times Square, 61–65. See also marketing

aesthetics: aesthetic experience of Trump Tower, 120, 122–36

definition of, 146n5

role of, xxi

Afghanistan: bombing in 1998, 140

invasion of, 140

AIDS and HIV: Americans’ perceptions of, 152n60

Giuliani’s marginalization of New Yorkers suffering from, 11–12, 17, 20–21, 150n30. See also Housing Works

American Institute of Graphic Artists conference: “Dangerous Ideas,” 53

American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 4–5

Anderson, David Bird, 167n31

Anderson, Pamela, 61, 64

Apprentice, The (TV), 117–18, 123, 136

Web site, 165n1. See also Trump, Donald

Art-in-Architecture program, GSA, 27–28. See also Tilted Arc

AT&T Building, 93–95, 162n6, 162n9

controversy at, 89–90

distinctiveness of, 93

Johnson as architect of, 93–95, 162n6, 162n9

original arcade, 95, 97

original galleria, 95–96

refurbishment by Sony, 95–98. See also Sony Plaza

AT&T Infoquest (science museum), 95, 104–5, 162n12

Atrium at Trump Tower. See Trump Tower

Ault, Julie, 157n26

Austin, Joe, 149n20

Baer, Howard, Jr., 13

bamboo tree grove in IBM Atrium, 73–74, 80–81

proposal to remove, 81–83

Barnes, Edward Larrabee, 73–74

BB the Wonderbot, 103–4, 107–8, 110, 141, 163n31

Beardsley, John, 35, 155n39

Beauty and the Beast (Disney’s stage production at New Amsterdam), 158n34

Bell Laboratories, 95

Benetton, 53

Berger, Joseph, 159n3

Berman v. Parker, 157n16

Betts, Paul, 161n3

Bierut, Michael, 157n21

billboard ads in Times Square, 61–65

Bischoff, Dan, 158n35

blight: applied to Times Square, 50–51

defined, 49

as legal reason for condemnation, 49–51

Bloomberg, Michael, 152n56

Blue Man Group, 57

Board of Estimate: dismantling of, 157n16

Bonus Zoning Ordinance, 118

Bovon, Francois, 158n34

branding, corporate, 95–98, 104, 107, 110, 115, 148n20

Breen, Harold, 73–74, 79

Brooks, Diana D., 82

Buck-Morss, Susan, 146n5

Burden, Amanda, 168n5

Burgee, John, 52, 157n18

Business Improvement Districts, xvii, 146n3

Times Square, 155n1, 156n14, 157n29

Buskirk, Martha, 153n1

Calder, Alexander, 88

Carmen, Gerald, 29

Carr, Stephen, xiv, xvi, 147n10

CBS, 64

Central Park: management by nonprofit conservation organization, 147n15

Chan, Ying, 155n51

Chang, Jeff, 149n20

children: BB the Wonderbot and, 103–4, 107–8, 110, 141, 163n31

importance to advertisers, 110

as one of Sony’s target markets, 104–5, 107–10

Sony Wonder Technology Lab and, 98, 102–3, 105, 107–10, 163n32, 164n39

Citicorp Building atrium, 78–79

City Council, 85, 157n16

City Hall (NYC), xi, 148n1

description of design, 3–4

interior of, 4

rededication of refurbished Statue of Justice atop, 150n32

renovations on ceremonial Blue Room, 148n5

security around, 14–15

after September 11, 140

City Hall (NYC) front steps, 1–23

battles between Giuliani and Housing Works over, 9–22

design of, 1–2

government promotion and protest against government on, 2–3, 152n56

history of public life of City Hall and, 3–7

law, speech, and public space, 7–10

as politically charged, 9

symbolic power of, xviii

City Hall Park, xviii

City Planning Commission, 83, 85, 89–90, 95, 98, 100

special zoning districts established by, 166n15

civic center in New York City, 26–27

codes of conduct, restrictive, x, xx–xxi

governing WTC site, 142–43

problems with legally challenging, 113–14

at Sony Plaza, xx–xxi, 105–7, 110–14

Colangelo, Lisa L., 152n61

Collins, Gail, 150n29

Colors (Benetton’s magazine), 53

Columbus Circle, 160n14

Community Board Five, 84, 87–90, 160n22, 163n33

community gardens: sale of, 146n3

compensation of property owners: eminent domain and, 67

rules for just, 48

Times Square hearings and litigation regarding, 51–52

condemnation in public’s interest, 47–69

legal reasons for, 49–51. See also Times Square

conflict of interest between building owner and management of POPS, 89

Consolidated Laws, New York, 48–49, 156n7

contracts for POPS, 145n1

compliance with, 72, 86, 123–25

Cooper-Marcus, Clare, 24, 36, 155n48

corporate branding, 95–98, 104, 107, 110, 115, 148n20

Costa Rican plazas: redesign of, 146n4

Covered Pedestrian Space: bonus multiplier for, 160n10

Crain’s New York Business, 160n12

Crane’s Business Weekly, 52

Cresswell, Tim, 156n12

crime: porn shops in Times Square and, 51, 67

criminalization: of the homeless, 112, 115, 164n45–46

of spontaneous memorials at WTC site, 142

Crimp, Douglas, xviii, 24, 31–35, 37, 39, 40–41, 43, 153n1, 154n30

definition of public space, 154n33

CUNY Politics and Public Space conference (2001), 147n15

D.A.R.E., 168n5

Deitz, Paula, 71

Delany, Samuel R., 51, 148n18

democracy: public spaces as setting for practice of, ix, xi, xii, xvi–xvii, 19–20, 32–33

relationships between design and, xiv–xv, xvi

democratic spaces, xiv–xv

demolition of Times Square: posters distracting attention from, 56–61, 65

public’s interest and, 47

Department of City Planning, New York, 71–72, 85, 89, 91, 98, 113–15, 123, 125, 137, 145n1

design: definition of, xxii

physical control of public space through, 43

design-based studies of public space, xiii–xvi

destination space, 165n4

Deutsch, Claudia H., 162n16

Deutsche, Rosalyn, xvi, xviii, 24, 32–35, 39, 43, 153n1, 154n35

Diamond, William, 23, 28–29, 33, 40

Dinkins, David, 4, 148n5

Discovery (space shuttle): ceremony for crew members of, 16

discrimination against homeless people, 112–14

Disney, 53, 64, 156n4, 158n34

“Disneyfication” of Times Square, 65

displacement: relationships between language, metaphor, and, 156n12

Dobnik, Verena, 161n2

Dunlap, David W., 162n9

Dunn, Christopher, 147n13, 150n25, 155n54

Dunn, Lisa, 166n19

Dwyer, Jim, 152n57, 168n7

Economist, 94

Eggers and Higgins, 26

Eisenberg, Arthur, 150n25

Elliot, Donald, 163n35

eminent domain: defined, 47–48

exercise of power of, in New York state, 156n7

lawsuits resulting from UDC’s bid to use, 51–52

legislative process approving use of, in Times Square, 157n16

in New York Consolidated Laws, 48

property owners’ right to fight against, 67

public interest undefined in law, 48

suggestions for streamlining process, 158n37

terms used in discourse of, 48–50, 156n12

Environmental Protection Agency, 167n2

Fahn, Charlotte, 160n16

Federal Building (New York), 27–28

offices in, 37

Federal Building (Oklahoma City): bombing in 1995, 40, 140

Federal Plaza, 22–44, 65

design history of, xviii

Jacob Javits Plaza and use of public space, xviii, 24–26, 34–44

maintaining fountain at, 27, 153n5

original design, 27

as public space, security issues and, 40–42

after September 11, 140

Tilted Arc, xviii, 24–34, 38, 40, 43, 153n1, 153n13, 154n19

Fenner, Austin, 155n51

Fifth Avenue subdistrict, 122–23. See also Trump Tower

Finkelpearl, Tom, 154n28

Finkelstein, Lola, 161n31

First Amendment, 7–8, 19, 22. See also free speech

Fish, Nicholas, 87, 161n28

Flying Enterprise (ship), 5–6

Francis, Mark, xiv, 147n10

Frank, Thomas, 157n24

Franklin, Nancy, 165n2

Fraser, Nancy, xvii, xviii, 1, 98, 145n2, 162n18, 165n50

free speech: front steps of New York’s City Hall as site for, 3–22

Housing Works challenges to controls on, 10–22

relationships between public spaces and right to, xviii, 7–10

Freston, Tom, 105

General Services Administration (GSA), 31

Art-in-Architecture program, 27–28

commission for Federal Plaza sculpture, 27–29

security issue used in defending its control of Federal Plaza, 40–42

“use” versus “sculpture” argument against Tilted Arc, 29, 31–32

Gibson, Kristina, 146n3

Gilman, Sander L., 20, 152n58

Giuliani, Rudolph W., xi, xviii, 1, 3, 7, 149n16, 150n27

construction of his public image, 10, 20

importance of City Hall steps as site of representation for, 10

legal battles with Housing Works over steps of City Hall, 9–22

marginalization of New Yorkers suffering from AIDS/HIV, 11, 12, 17, 20–21, 150n30

New York Yankees Day celebration, 12–13, 150n30

“Next Phase of Quality of Life: Creating a More Civil City” speech (1996), 11–12, 149n19–20

post–September 11 image, 3, 21–22

rededication of refurbished Statue of Justice, 150n32

after September 11, 140

Glass House (Johnson), 161n4

Glenn, John, 16

Glimcher, Marc, 84, 88

Goldberger, Paul, 27, 93, 99–100, 120–21, 153n6, 161n1, 166n10

Goldstein, Barbara, 156n13

Goodgold, Sally, 162n22

graffiti: Giuliani’s attitudes toward, 149n20

Grant, Peter, 157n20

Ground Zero, 141

Group of 35, 158n37

Grove, Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, 167n37

Grove, Lloyd, 167n37

GSA. See General Services Administration

Gwathmey, Charles, 100

Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, 95

Haberman, Clyde, 149n12

Habermas, Jürgen, xvii, 145n2, 162n18

Hafetz, Jonathan L., 165n47

Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, 8

Hall, Peter, 157n21

Handelman, Stephen, 150n28

Hanly, Elizabeth, 164n39

Harris, Melissa, 161n31

Harvey, David, 147n9

Hawthorne, Christopher, 162n6

Heisel, Sylvia, 132

Heller, Susan, 167n31

Hénaff, Marcel, 147n12

Hess, Michael D., 151n52

Hilfiger, Tommy, 57

historic-preservation organizations, 156n4

HIV/AIDS. See AIDS and HIV

Holusha, John, 167n28, 167n38

Holzer, Harold, 52

homeless, the, xvi, 146n3

criminalization of, 112, 115, 164n45–46

exclusion from Sony Plaza, 105–7, 112–14

legal battles of Housing Works over steps of City Hall regarding, 9–22

restrictive codes of conduct and campaign against, xxi

Horowitz, Gregg M., 153n13

Housing Works, xviii, 3, 7, 149n17, 151n40

cost to city of May 2005 ruling in favor of, 19, 22, 152n57

criticisms against Giuliani, 11–12, 17, 20–21

government contracts to provide housing and services to people with HIV/AIDS, Giuliani’s cuts to, 19–20

legal battles over the steps of City Hall, 9–22

World AIDS Day event, 15–16, 18, 21

Housing Works, Inc. v. Safir, 150n24, 150n31

Housing Works v. Kerik, 152n56

How to Turn a Place Around: A Handbook for Creating Successful Public Spaces (Project for Public Spaces), xiv

Huxtable, Ada Louise, 45, 137, 167n41

IBM, 94, 159n9

IBM Atrium, xx, 71–91

bamboo tree grove in, 73–74, 80–83

controversy over proposed changes to, 73–76, 81–85

exterior of, 78

failure to comply with provisions for management of sculpture display, 87–89

IBM’s diminishing care for, 81, 83, 160n18

new owner with new agenda, 81–87

original contract and original design, 75, 77–81

plan view of, 80

postrenovation conflict over, 87–89

relationship to office tower, 78–79

removal of a few stands of bamboo, effect of, 74, 84

after renovation (2001), 76

reviews on first opening, 73–74

value of bonus square footage built in return for, 77

IBM Building: after September 11, 141

Impellitteri, Vincent R., 5

individual rights: broad changes to U.S. domestic policies regarding, xxi–xxii

Infoquest, 95, 104–5, 162n12

interior public spaces, xx–xxii. See also IBM Atrium

Sony Plaza

Trump Tower

Jacob Javits Plaza, xviii, 26, 34–44

critical responses to, 34–39

description of, 25, 34

difficulty of designing public space in New York addressed by, 37–39

eating lunch as one use of, 35–36

limitations of physical layout and design, 37

plan view of, 39

“publics” using, 37, 43

renaming of Federal Plaza to, 24

Schwartz’s 1997 American Society of Landscape Architects Award for, 35

after September 11, 140. See also Federal Plaza

Jacobs, Carrie, 155n53

Jefferson, Thomas, 4

Johnson, Philip, 52, 93, 100–101, 156n5, 157n18, 161n1

AT&T Building, 93–95, 162n6, 162n9

projects of, 161n5

Kahn and Jacobs, 26

Kalman, Tibor, xix, 52–56, 60–61, 64, 66, 68, 140, 157n24, 158n37

Karp, Ivan C., 82, 160n13

Katz, Cindy, 147n15

Kayden, Jerold, 71–73, 145n1, 148n19, 159n1, 161n24, 162n19, 165n4–5, 165n48

Kelso, Karen, 168n5

Kennedy, John F., 28

Kimmelman, Michael, 153n12

King, Charles, 12, 17–18

Klein, Naomi, 95, 104, 148n20

Koch, Edward, 4, 47, 117, 125, 137, 148n5

Lambert, Bruce, 159n5

land value: pricing out existing residents and, xiv

Langhammer, Mrs. Frank, 126, 166n23

League of Urban Landscape Architects, 100

Leval, Pierre N. (judge), 152n56

Leven, Susan, 126, 166n22

Levine, Caroline, 153n13

Levitan, Jean, 136–37, 167n39

Levy, Jan, 166n20

Lieberman, Marc, 132

Light, Andrew, 147n12

Lindsay, John, 4

Local Law 49, 12

locations of free speech: “charged” vs. “marginal,” 9

Low, Setha M., 146n3, 146n4, 167n1

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), 142

Luehrs, Mark, 112

Mandell, Jonathan, 166n13

Mangin, Joseph, 3

marketing: children as target market of Sony, 104–5, 107–10

at Sony Plaza, 104–5

stealth, 164n38

Martha Schwartz: Transfiguration of Commonplace, 34

Martin, Thomas, 112–13

Maziarz, George D., 158n36

McCobb, Patricia, 100, 162n21

McComb, John, Jr., 3, 148n2

McElroy, Jaime, 164n46

McGregor, David, 91, 161n36

Mele, Christopher, xiv, 146n8

Merker, Kyle, 160n22

Merrifield, Andy, 147n9

Messinger, Ruth, 89, 161n33, 161n35

Metropolis Magazine, 61

Meyer, Elizabeth K., 37, 154n38

Microsoft, 64

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 161n5

millennium celebration security plan for Times Square, 141

Miller, Kristine, 148n16–17

Minor, Judge, 152n56

Minskoff, Edward J., 73–76, 81–85, 87–89, 135, 160n14, 161n28

Mitchell, Don, 8, 146n3, 147n14, 164n46

“mixed use” building: Trump Tower as, 133

modifications: major versus minor, 84–85, 89–90, 162n22

Mondale, Joan, 154n19

morality of New Times Square: creating, 51, 60–61, 69

Motherwell, Robert, 28

Mottola, Thomas D., 105, 168n5

MTV, 64

Municipal Art Society (MAS), 72, 74, 83, 89, 145n1, 156n5

mission of, 159n4

Muschamp, Herbert, 77–78

museum: Infoquest in AT&T Building, 95, 104–5, 162n12

Sony Wonder Technology Lab as, 98, 102–3, 105, 107–10, 163n32, 164n39

My First Sony products, 105

Nadal, Luc, 147n12 Nation, 110

National Coalition for Homeless, 164n45–46

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP), 112, 164n45–46

NBC, 64

New Amsterdam Theater, 156n4, 158n34

New Jersey Casino Control Commission, 135–36

New London (Connecticut): eminent-domain case in, 67

Newsday, 120

New Times Square, 45, 46

advertisements in, 61–65

creating morality of, 51, 60–61, 69

creation of new image for, 54, 56–61, 65

kinds of tenants choosing to locate in, 53–54

new public for, 60–61. See also Times Square

New Year’s Eve in Times Square: security for, 45, 141

New York City: Division of AIDS Services, 12, 17–18

Planning Department, xix, xx, 105

public life bound by regulation and codes of conduct, x

as uniquely familiar, ix

New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), 7, 151n40

First Amendment cases against Giuliani involving, 12–13, 16–20

New York Consolidated Laws, 48, 49, 156n7

New York Daily News, 136

New York Department of City Planning, 76–77, 81–83

New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC), xix, 48–52

New York State Urban Development Corporation Act (UDCA, 1968), 156n8

New York Times, 47, 52, 95, 132, 136, 152n57

condemnations for new tower, 66

New York Yankees: New York Yankees Day celebration, 12–13, 150n30

1998 victory celebration for, 15

Niagara Falls: development of, 158n36

Nickelodeon, 105

NYCLU. See New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)

NYC Zoning Handbook, 122

O’Conner, Anahad, 167n2

Odyssey Partners investment group, 81

Office of Corporation Counsel, 151n40

Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing (1995), 40, 140

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 38–39

1000 on 42nd Street (Selkirk), 57

On the Plaza: The Politics of Public Space and Culture (Low), 146n4

openness and accessibility. See access to public spaces

PaceWildenstein Gallery, 81, 84, 87–89, 161n27

Paley Park, 74, 159n6

parks conservancies, xvii

Parks Council, 83

Pataki, George E., 64–66, 158n36

Patriot Act, xxi–xxii

transformation of public space by, 143–44

Placemaking: The Art and Practice of Building Communities (Schneekloth and Shibley), xv

Plaza Bonus Zoning Ordinance, New York City, 71, 77, 145n1

Poor, Alfred Easton, 26

POPS. See Privately Owned Public Spaces

pornography: crime in Times Square and, 51, 67

effect of redevelopment on sex workers, 67–68

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: regulation of WTC site by, 142–43

Post Modern Productions Inc, 132

Powell, John A., 165n46

PPG Building (Johnson), 161n4

preservation, historic, 155n4

press conferences on City Hall steps: Housing Works legal battles over, 9–22

policies rewritten and selectively enforced regarding, 10, 12–17

restrictions on, 151n45

twenty-five person limit, 12–14, 20, 150n24, 150n31

Presser, Michael, 90, 161n34, 163n22, 163n33

Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS), x–xi, xvii, xix–xxii, 71–73

benefits to private owners, 87

categories of changes allowed in, 84–85, 89–90, 162n22

compliance with contracts for, 72, 86, 123–25

holding events in, 86

legal structure of program, xx, 76–77, 84–87, 90

problems with program, 72–73, 76–77, 84–87, 91

the public framed by, 73

security at, after September 11, 168n4. See also IBM Atrium

Sony Plaza

Trump Tower

Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience (Kayden), 71–72, 86, 165n5

private space: public investment in, 119–21, 136–37

Project for Public Spaces (PPS), xiv, xvi, 84

mission of, 146n6

property owners: lawsuits resulting from UDC’s bid to use eminent domain in Times Square, 51–52

right to fight against eminent domain, 67

psychologists: advertising and marketing using expertise of, 110

public(s), the: controls on who appears as part of, 20–21, 33

denizens of Times Square edited to transform, 58–61

of Jacob Javits Plaza, 37, 43

target markets at Sony Plaza and, 104–5

of Times Square, 47–49

of WTC site, 141–43

public and appropriate use: permanent form given to GSA-approved definition of, 35, 39

public art, 157n26. See also Tilted Arc

public forum, traditional, 8

rules set up governing, 9

steps of City Hall as, 2–3, 152n56

public interest, the: condemnation in, 47–69

reasons for use of eminent domain on Forty-second Street in, 48–52

renovation of IBM Atrium in, argument for, 82

public investment in private space, 136–37

public involvement in decision making, xv, 85, 91

public ownership, ix–xi

public/private partnerships managing public spaces, 146n3

Public Space (Carr et al.), xiv–xv

public space(s), xiii–xvi

criminalization of homeless people in, 112, 115, 164n45–46

defining, ix–xvii, 154n33

design-based studies of, xiii–xvi

destination space, 165n4

dynamic nature of, 32

essential and obvious characteristics, ix–xi

forms of restricting access to, x

lack of legal definition of, 113, 147n13

litigating for access to, 113

methodological lenses used to understand, xii

normative definition of, xi

Patriot Act and idea of “right” to, xxi–xxii, 143–44

preoccupation with enduring physical qualities of, xi

private spaces linked to, through public policy, 21

September 11 impact on, xxi, 139–44, 167n1

as site for democratic action, ix, xi–xii, xvi–xvii, 19–20, 32–33

as tenuous condition, x, xi

trade-offs of linking commercial spaces and, 110

value of interior, 114–16

public space–public sphere hybrid, xii, xvi, xvii

litigation required to maintain, 3, 10–22

public sphere(s), 145n2

definition of, xvii

generated by Tilted Arc, 26–34

producing, xv

social equity as central to, 165n50

transnational, xvii, 145n2

“public use” argument against Tilted Arc, 29–30

Quinn, Christine, 151n45

Rashbaum, William K., 168n3

Rauschenberg, Robert, 82

Re, Edward D., 29, 33, 40

Reconstructing Times Square: Politics and Culture in Urban Development (Reichl), 47

regulation: fragility of public spaces as sites for public spheres through, xviii

Giuliani’s spatial controls on free speech on City Hall steps, 10, 12–17

of speech in traditional public forums, 8

symbolic and real possibility of places changed by, 23

Reichl, Alexander J., 47, 148n18, 155n2–3, 156n5

Rein, Lisa, 148n5

relaxation and recreation, xiv

Republican National Convention in New York (2004), 143–44

“Requiem for an Atrium” (Smith), 84

retail: public space in Sony Plaza given up for, 98–101

in Trump Tower, 126, 129, 132–33

review process for modifications, 89–91

rhetoric: public space controlled through, 32–33, 43

Richardson, Lynda, 149n18, 151n39, 152n60

Rivlin, Leanne G., xiv, 147n10

Roers, Maurice, 160n23

Rose, James B., 84

Rose, Joseph, 160n13

Rothschild, Peter, 160n16

Rowe, Stacy, 164n46

Rubin, Robert E., 158n37

Sachs, Susan, 155n56

Safir, Howard, 7, 14–15, 18

Sagalyn, Lynne B., 51, 148n18

Scala, Arlene Holpp, 136–37, 167n39

Scardino, Albert, 166n25

Schaffer, Richard, 89–90, 161n33–35

Schneekloth, Lynda, xv, xvi, 147n11, 167n1

Schneider, Philip, 125, 131, 166n18, 167n29

Schulhof, 95

Schumer, Charles E., 158n37

Schwartz, Barry, 148n6

Schwartz, Martha, xviii, 24–25, 34–44, 154n30

science museum in AT&T Building (Infoquest), 95, 104–5, 162n12

Scutt, Der, 120

security, xxi, 40

around City Hall, 14–15

in Federal Plaza, 40–42

after September 11, 140–41, 168n4

Segall, Rebecca, 164n42

Selkirk, Neil, 56–60, 157n30

Selling the Lower East Side (Mele), xiv

Senie, Harriet, 153n1

September 11: impact of, xxi, 139–44, 167n1, 168n4

Smithsonian exhibit on, 21–22

Serra, Richard, xviii, 24, 25, 37, 153n1, 153n13, 154n19

commission for Federal Plaza sculpture, 27–29

explanation of Tilted Arc as site-specific, 30–31

values concerning public art, 24, 33. See also Tilted Arc

sex business in Times Square, 51, 62, 67–68

Shibley, Robert, xv, xvi, 147n11

Shipp, E. R., 167n33 Shortstop (Rauschenberg), 82

Siegel, Norman, 1, 112–13

Silverman, Michael, 101–2

Simmons, Harry, Jr., 100

Sinatra, Frank, 164n40

Smith, Johnathan M., 147n12

Smith, Ken, 84, 160n20

Smith, Neil, 147n9

Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 21

Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, The (Whyte), 79

Some Assembly Required (Sorkin), 66

Sony Atrium, 79

Sony Corporation, 89

stealth marketing by, 164n38

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, 164n38

Sony Music, 105

Sony Plaza, xi, xx–xxi, 93–116

BB the Wonderbot, 103–4, 107–8, 110, 141, 163n31

codes of conduct, xx–xxi, 105–7, 110–14

inside, 102–3

materials used in design of, 102–3

modifications, 95–98, 162n22

as physical advertisement, 103–5

plan of bonus spaces, 99

public museums and target markets, 103–14

public space calculus, 98–102

after September 11, 141

Sony Wonder Technology Lab, 98, 102–3, 105, 163n32, 164n39

visiting, 107–10

Sorkin, Michael, xv, xvi, 66, 68, 159n40, 167n1

Soter, Tom, 166n8

special district zoning, 166n15

Special Midtown District: Fifth Avenue as subdistrict of, 122–23

speech: graffiti as form of, 149n20. See also free speech

Spencer, Marguerite L., 165n46

Staeheli, Lynn, 146n3

Starting from Zero (Sorkin), 12

stealth marketing, 164n38

Stern, Robert M., 52–53

Stern, William, 45–46

Stetson, Damon, 153n7

Stone, Andrew M., xiv, 147n10

Storr, Robert, 153n9

Strong, Tracy B., 147n12

Sturtz, Herbert, 163n35

Supreme Court, 67, 157n16

Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, 120

Takahashi, Lois M., 164n46

tax abatements for Trump Tower, 133, 167n33

Tennant, Charles E., 166n17, 166n21

Tiffany’s, 126

Tilted Arc (Serra), xviii, 24, 26–34, 43, 153n1, 153n13

art historians on, 31–34

criticism as central to history of, 33–34

debates over, 29, 154n19

demolition of, 28–29, 40

description of, 25, 28

hearing over relocation of, 29–33

opponents of, 29–30

plan view of, 38

site-specific nature of, 30–31

supporters of, 30–31, 33

time, location, and manner doctrine to limit speech acts, 9

Times Square, 45–69

combination of moral, legal, and design arguments transforming, 46–47, 49–51, 69

condemnation in public’s interest, 47–69

construction site (1998), 55

demolition and the public’s interest, 47

“economic potential” of, UDC’s arguments for increasing, 51

eminent domain used in, 48–52, 157n16

historic preservation in, 155n4

iconic status of, 45–46

image of, as dirty and dangerous, 50

map of, 50

poster campaign giving impression of transformation, 56–61, 65

proposals for, 52–56

publics of, 47–49

redevelopment effect on the public of, x, 67–68

redevelopment of, xviii

renaming to “the New Times Square,” 45

after September 11, 140–41

sex business in, 51, 62, 67–68

Times Square Business Improvement District, 155n1

mission statement of, 157n29

Report on the Secondary Effects of Concentration of Adult Use Establishments in Times Square Area, 156n14

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (Delany), 51

Times Square Roulette (Sagalyn), 51

Times Square Studios, 64

transnational public spheres, xvii, 145n2

Trump, Donald, 103, 117–18, 167n30, 167n36

Apprentice show, 117–18, 123, 136, 165n1

profits from Trump Tower, 129, 132–33

public release of private financial information, 135–36

tax abatement lawsuit, 167n33

Trump Organization, 132–33

Trump Tower, xi, xxi, 102–3, 117–37, 163n30

aesthetic experience of, 120, 122–36

bathrooms at, 133

bonus spaces in, 119

considered too tasteless for architectural press to honor in print, 120

description of interior, 126–32

doorman at, functions of, 123–24

elevators and escalators in, 129

hallway in, 126–28

as mixed-use, 133

negotiations and deals leading to, 165n6

position within Fifth Avenue Subdistrict, 122–23

private style of public spaces of, xxi

public financing for, 119–21, 136–37

public relations image projected by, 135

public spaces in, 79

retail in, 126, 129, 132–33

sensations of privacy and hospitality tied to aesthetic of, 125–26

after September 11, 141

sole bench on ground floor, 131–32

system of POPS in, 118

tax abatements on, 133, 167n33

tensions between public and private values embodied by, 121

as tourist destination, 118

Trump’s noncompliance with his contracts, 123–25

Trump’s profits from, 129, 132–33

upper-level POPS in, 129–31

views of city and Central Park from condominiums, 126–29

Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), 84–85, 90, 160n21

Urban Development Corporation (UDC) (New York State), xix, 48–52

U.S. Supreme Court, 67, 157n16

Vallone, Peter, 151n45

Viacom, 64

Viladas, Pilar, 153n13

Vogel, Carol, 160n19

Vranica, Suzanne, 164n38

Weiser, Benjamin, 150n23

Well, David, 12

Weyergraf-Serra, Clara, 153n1

Whyte, William H., 36, 79, 83, 86, 133, 155n49, 163n31

Will, George F., 154n19

Wilson, Fred, 152n63

World AIDS Day event, 15–16, 18

vigil (2004), 21

World AIDS Day press conference, 15

World Trade Center (WTC) site, xxi, 12

code of conduct governing, 142–43

public of, 141

Wright, Carol von Pressentin, 148n1, 162n13

Zion, Robert, 73–74, 79

Zipser, Howard, 166n17

Zoning Resolution (New York City, 1961), x–xi, 101, 113–14, 145n1

Zukin, Sharon, 146n3, 147n9, 167n1

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