The power of place : claiming urban landscapes as people's history

Author

Hayden, Dolores

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of urban history. 1994, Num. 4, Vol. 20, 466-485, 11 ill.; 1 map

ISSN

0096-1442

Abstract (en)

Hayden contends that past urban landscapes hold public memory in the multicultural city; and that Americans should struggle to understand complex spatial meanings as part of their public culture. In order to reverse the neglect of socially significant American places, she proposes: 1) claiming the urban landscape as an important part of American urban history, identifying the building types--such as tenement, market, factory, school, church, union hall--as well as the neighborhoods and infrastructure, and 2) finding creative ways to interpret historic urban landscapes as part of the flow of contemporary city life. She speaks to these ideas with respect to her work since 1984 in Los Angeles.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Architecture -- Urbanism -- United States
• Urbanism
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Los Angeles (CA, USA)
• Multiculturalism
• Cities
• Working classes
• Urban life
• Memory

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Architecture -- Urbanisme -- États-Unis
• Urbanisme
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Los Angeles (CA, USA)
• Pluralisme culturel
• Ville
• Classe ouvrière
• Vie urbaine
• Mémoire

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950101-00310488

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