ABSTRACT
The first part of this book explores a range of spatial concepts found in the city, offering an innovative shift toward a more open dialogue between public alliances and corporate interests after a political and socioeconomic euphoria following World War II. The production of public space is understood as a deliberate making of openness in the city, which is possible thanks to the alliance of incentive mechanisms and corporate capitalism—a process, which would become key in transforming Manhattan's urban landscape as we know it today. From this approach, the book's point of departure takes place in the 1950s, a critical moment following the La Guardia administration, when the monolithic city starts physically and metaphorically to erode.
