Bronx Tales

Stories of Public Art, Architecture, and Urban Renewal

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, History, Americas, United States, State & Local
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Author: Constance Rosenblum ISBN: 9781479856329
Publisher: NYU Press Publication: September 1, 2014
Imprint: NYU Press Language: English
Author: Constance Rosenblum
ISBN: 9781479856329
Publisher: NYU Press
Publication: September 1, 2014
Imprint: NYU Press
Language: English
In these vignettes of life along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, the New York Times’s Constance Rosenblum examines the place of art in this community— its installation, its reception by local residents, and the debates that often surround it. From the growing popularity of European-style Art Deco in the 1930s and '40s, to the opinion of some Bronx residents that these modern additions were “ugly as hell,” and from public art criticized for controversial content to buildings revered for their innovative design, the reception of art and architecture along the Concourse serves as a way to explore the role, function, and place of art in urban spaces.
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In these vignettes of life along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, the New York Times’s Constance Rosenblum examines the place of art in this community— its installation, its reception by local residents, and the debates that often surround it. From the growing popularity of European-style Art Deco in the 1930s and '40s, to the opinion of some Bronx residents that these modern additions were “ugly as hell,” and from public art criticized for controversial content to buildings revered for their innovative design, the reception of art and architecture along the Concourse serves as a way to explore the role, function, and place of art in urban spaces.

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