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Author: Elihu Rubin Publisher: ISBN: 9780300280821 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
An in-depth look at Boston's Prudential Center and what its story reveals about the evolution of the modern American city The Prudential Center anchors the Boston skyline with its tall, gray tower. It is also a historical beacon, representing a midcentury moment when insurance companies such as Prudential were particularly aware of how their physical presence and civic engagement reflected upon their intangible product: financial security. Looking to New York's Rockefeller Center, the creators of the Prudential Center aspired to use real estate development as a tool toward civic achievement, reinvigorating central Boston and integrating a large complex of buildings with new infrastructure for the automobile. Now available in paperback, this award-winning book tells the full story of "The Pru," placing it in the political, economic, and architectural contexts of the period, and providing new insights into urban renewal in postwar America.
Author: Elihu Rubin Publisher: ISBN: 9780300280821 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
An in-depth look at Boston's Prudential Center and what its story reveals about the evolution of the modern American city The Prudential Center anchors the Boston skyline with its tall, gray tower. It is also a historical beacon, representing a midcentury moment when insurance companies such as Prudential were particularly aware of how their physical presence and civic engagement reflected upon their intangible product: financial security. Looking to New York's Rockefeller Center, the creators of the Prudential Center aspired to use real estate development as a tool toward civic achievement, reinvigorating central Boston and integrating a large complex of buildings with new infrastructure for the automobile. Now available in paperback, this award-winning book tells the full story of "The Pru," placing it in the political, economic, and architectural contexts of the period, and providing new insights into urban renewal in postwar America.
Author: Elihu Rubin Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300170181 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 265
Book Description
An in-depth look at Boston's Prudential Center and what its story reveals about the evolution of the modern American city The Prudential Center anchors the Boston skyline with its tall, gray tower. It is also a historical beacon, representing a midcentury moment when insurance companies such as Prudential were particularly aware of how their physical presence and civic engagement reflected upon their intangible product: financial security. Looking to New York's Rockefeller Center, the creators of the Prudential Center aspired to use real estate development as a tool toward civic achievement, reinvigorating central Boston and integrating a large complex of buildings with new infrastructure for the automobile. Architectural historian Elihu Rubin tells the full story of "The Pru," placing it within the political, economic, and architectural contexts of the period. The Prudential Center played a pivotal role in the economic redevelopment of Boston and was arguably one of the most significant urban developments of the 1950s and '60s. It is an important story, and one that provides great insight into the evolution of the modern city in postwar America.
Author: Elihu Rubin
Author: Elihu Rubin
Author: Elihu Rubin
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Author: North Carolina. Department of Insurance
Author: Insurance Bureau of Kentucky
Author: Massachusetts. Department of Banking and Insurance. Division of Insurance