Table of Contents

Delirious New YorkIntroduction
Prehistory
Coney Island: The Technology of the Fantastic
The Double Life of Utopia: The Skyscraper
The Frontier in the Sky
The Skyscraper Theorists
The Lives of a Block: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Empire State Building
Definitive Instability: The Downtown Athletic Club
How Perfect Perfection Can Be: The Creation of Rockefeller Center
The Talents of Raymond Hood
All the Rockefeller Centers
Radio City Music Hall: The Fun Never Sets
Kremlin on Fifth Avenue
2 Postscripts
Europeans: Biuer! Dali and Le Corbusier Conquer New York
Postmortem
Appendix: A Fictional Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Credits

About the Author

Rem Koolhaas is the internationally known architect, a founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) in Rotterdam, and author of the critically acclaimed S, M, L, XL.

Reviews

"Seduces and entices through Koolhaas' witty travelogue and ultimately persuades the reader through the book in just one sitting."