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Crises en villes, villes en crise
#2 de la revue électronique Urbanités.
Le second numéro de la revue Urbanités aborde une question qui se veut ultra-contemporaine, celle de la crise. La crise – notamment depuis celle de 2008 et sa jumelle, la crise des subprimes – est devenue le…
Le second numéro de la revue Urbanités aborde une question qui se veut ultra-contemporaine, celle de la crise. La crise – notamment depuis celle de 2008 et sa jumelle, la crise des subprimes – est devenue le…
Tipping points in urban change: Modern perspectives on agents of urbanization
This symposium considered the similarities and differences in the histories of urban modernization in cities during the late 19th through the early 21st century—with a look at global cities now under construction or in the planning stages. The…
Motor City : The rise and fall of Detroit
Robert Fishman teaches in the urban design, architecture, and urban planning programs at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. and A.M. in history from Harvard and his A.B. in history from Stanford University. He is a nationally…
Lost landscapes of Detroit
LOST LANDSCAPES OF DETROIT; an eclectic montage of rediscovered and rarely-seen archival film clips exhibiting life; cityscapes, labor and leisure from ‘vanishing Detroit’, as captured by amateurs, newsreel cameramen and industrial filmmakers from…
Detroit : city on the move
Un petit film documentaire visant à valoriser la ville de Détroit, qui concourrait alors pour organiser les Jeux Olympiques de 1968.
Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city…
Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city…
Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and space in the age of the network
Abstract from the publisher: Since the 1967 riots that ripped apart the city, Detroit has traditionally been viewed either as a place in ruins or a metropolis on the verge of rejuvenation. In Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and Space in the Age of the…
Détroit, vestiges du rêve américain
Présentation par la librairie Artazart :
Au début du 20ème siècle avec l'invention des chaînes d'assemblage, Détroit devient rapidement la capitale mondiale de l'automobile, et l'une des villes les plus…
Reimagining Detroit : Opportunities for redefining an American city
Abstract from the publisher : Experts estimate that perhaps forty square miles of Detroit are vacant—from a quarter to a third of the city —a level of emptiness that creates a landscape unlike any other big city. Author John Gallagher,…
Detroit divided
Abstract from the publisher: Unskilled workers once flocked to Detroit, attracted by manufacturing jobs paying union wages, but the passing of Detroit's manufacturing heyday has left many of those workers stranded. Manufacturing continues to employ…