On the town : one hundred years of spectacle in Times Square / Marshall Berman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berman, Marshall, 1940-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

Performing arts.

History.

Arts.

Times Square (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Times Square (New York, N.Y.).

Times Square (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life.

Times Square (New York, N.Y.)--In art.

Times Square (New York, N.Y.)--In literature.

New York (N.Y.)--History.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life.

Intellectual life.

New York (N.Y.)--In art.

New York (N.Y.)--In literature.

Arts--New York (State)--New York--History.

Performing arts--New York (State)--New York--History.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Art.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2006]

Summary:

From the acclaimed writer and cultural critic comes a unique look at New York City and Times Square through the lens of the works of art they inspired. Photos.

Contents:

Author's Note: New Girl in Town xv

Preface: One Hundred Years of Spectacle xix

1 Home Fires Burning: Times Square's Signs 3

2 Broadway, Love, and Theft: Al Jolson's Jazz Singer 21

3 A Human Eye: Sailors in the Square 43

4 Times Girl and Her Daughters 103

5 The Street Splits and Twists 151

6 The New Millennium: Living Inside the Deal 193

Epilogue: Reuters and Me 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-248) and index.

ISBN:

1400063310

OCLC:

60245560

Publisher Number:

9781400063314