Full Description
Trenton, like the state of New Jersey, is often maligned these days, but there was a time when Trenton was the fiftieth largest city in the United States and boasted worldwide leaders in the iron and steel, rubber, and pottery industries. Like many cities of its comparative size and prowess that came of age in the Industrial Revolution, Trenton diminished in the aftermath of World War II and has become, for many, one of the "lost cities"--a place of lessened population, abandoned houses, and shuttered factories. Featuring a series of meditative explorations on the essence of the American post-industrial city through the prism of Trenton, this book explores the city's history, architecture, parks, factories, and neighborhoods through text and image, highlighting the importance of such post-industrial cities.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface delete 1
Introduction delete 7
Part One: Establishing a Context
1. The City of the Flâneur delete 13
2. The City Defined and Considered delete 33
3. The City and the Persistence of Memory delete 58
Part Two: The Elements of City Life
4. The City of History delete 78
5. The City and Its Architecture delete 95
6. The City of Lost Factories delete 116
7. The Urbanist City delete 136
8. The Engineered City delete 153
9. The Landscaped City delete 173
Part Three: People Reacting to the City
10. The City of Thought delete 185
11. The Territorial City delete 200
12. The City and Its Footprint delete 215
13. The City and the Photographer delete 238
Epilogue delete 254
Chapter Notes delete 255
Bibliography delete 273
Index delete 281
