| Description |
223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Note |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the National building Museum, September 12, 2003-April 18, 2004 . |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-[218]) and index. |
| Contents |
Visual prelude -- Preface: vertical, horizontal, diagonal / Dr. Henry Petroski -- 1. Turning point: conveyance and the Paris Exposition of 1900 / Alisa Goetz -- 2. Designing non-space: the evolution of the elevator interior / Peter A. Hall -- 3. A matter of perception: escalators, moving sidewalks, and the motion of society / John King -- 4. Hovering vision / Phil Patton -- 5. Conveyance "germs": elevators, automated vehicles, and the shape of global cities / Keller Easterling -- 6. Perspectives on the escalator in photography and art / Julie Wosk -- 7. Elevator stories: vertical imagination and the spaces of possibility / Susan Garfinkel. |
| Subject |
Elevators
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Escalators
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Passenger conveyors
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Architecture, Modern
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| Added Author |
Goetz, Alisa
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National Building Museum (U.S.)
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| ISBN |
1858942136 (hardcover) |
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1858942144 (softcover) |
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