Where the Ball Drops: Days and Nights in Times Square
By (Author) Daniel Makagon
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st October 2007
United States
General
Non Fiction
974.71
Paperback
296
Width 149mm, Height 229mm, Spine 18mm
Capturing the competing social and cultural fantasies, the everyday events and historical visions that have given shape and meaning to Times Square, this book reveals an ongoing urban drama that thrives on the contradictions of public and private life, on individual desires for belonging and anonymity, and on a sense of place and placelessness.