{"product_id":"modern-mobility-aloft-amy-d-finstein-9781439919187","title":"Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the first half of the twentieth century, urban elevated highways were much more than utilitarian infrastructure, lifting traffic above the streets; they were statements of civic pride, asserting boldly modern visions for a city's architecture, economy, and transportation network. Yet three of the most ambitious projects, launched in Chicago, New York, and Boston in the spirit of utopian models by architects such as Le Corbusier and Hugh Ferriss, ultimately fell short of their ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Mobility Aloft\u003c\/i\u003e is the first study to focus on pre-Interstate urban elevated highways within American architectural and urban history. Amy Finstein traces the idealistic roots of these superstructures, their contrasting realities once built, their impacts on successive development patterns, and the recent challenges they have posed to contemporary urban designers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with more than 100 historic photographs and illustrations of beaux arts and art deco architecture, \u003ci\u003eModern Mobility Aloft\u003c\/i\u003e provides a critical understanding of urban landscapes, transportation, and technological change as cities moved into the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy D. Finstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439919186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439919187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021","brand":"Amy D. Finstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065588527359,"sku":"9781439919187","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc2d3913-ad38-404f-b0b8-48ecad720810.jpg?v=1768675967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modern-mobility-aloft-amy-d-finstein-9781439919187","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}