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INDEX 233 Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Abstraction, 111–12, 114, 116–17 Abu Dhabi, 203 Adams, Douglas, 182 Adams, Henry, 182 Aerial tramway, 1, 8, 9–10 Aerotropolis, xii, 146, 150–54, 158–59, 162, 164, 204 Aesthetic space: and abstraction, 111–12, 114, 116–17; academic interest in, 114–15, 117; and agents and agencies, 112–14; of airports, 109–10; in Chicago, 95, 108–9, 112; and City Beautiful movement, 97–99, 103, 108, 109–11, 195; and context, 106; in New York City, 93–117; and 9/11 terrorist attack on New York City, 101–3, 106; role of art in public places, 96–97; of shopping malls, 110; and sublime, 101–2, 104, 105, 107, 110; and taste, 106–7, 112, 114 Airplanes and air travel, 164, 168. See also Airports Airports: and aerotropolis, 150–51; aesthetic space of, 109–10; Augé on, 144; and globalization , 146; homeless in, 161; in Hong Kong, 159; Iyer on, 150, 152, 161; and mobility, 149–52; similarity of, 157–58; size of, 150–51; social class in, 161; in Songdo, 150–51; for Washington, D.C., 142, 143, 146, 150 Anaheim, Calif., high-speed rail station, 1, 10–11, 13 Anomie, 171, 173 Apocalypse, 22, 29, 41, 90, 204–5 Appel, Efrat, 50 Apps, 35, 174, 179, 180–81. See also Digital city Arakawa, 146, 153 Archigram group, 198–99 Architecture. See Design process; and specific architects and architectural projects Arizona: air quality in, 33, 224n8; anti-immigration laws in, 36, 41–42; Indian reservations in, 34, 37–38, 46; Latinos in, 37; and nuclear energy, 42; and solar energy, 33, 35, 42, 45–46; water resources for, 32, 35–36, 38, 43. See also Phoenix Arpaio, Joe, 36 Art Institute of Chicago, 50 Art museums, 115. See also specific museums Atlantic City, N.J., 79–80 Attention deficit syndrome, 154–55, 159 Attention restoration, 173–76, 182 Augé, Marc, 143, 144, 146, 163 Automobile industry, 74–75, 82–83, 110 Automobiles: in China, 25, 26–27; in Europe, 12; fuel-efficient automobiles, 164; and gasoline taxes, 16; gas prices for, 181; in Los Angeles, 6, 23; mass production of, 7; necessity of, 12; soft cars, 203; and suburbs, 31; texting and driving, 182; and transportation problems, 10; in United States compared with Germany, 12; Zipcar, 167, 181. See also Interstate highways Babbit, Milton, 111 Bachelard, Gaston, 147 Bacon, Edmund, 67 Ballon, Hilary, 99 Baltimore/Washington International Airport, 143, 146 Banham, Reyner, 6, 23, 198–99 Barber, Benjamin, xi–xii, xiii Barker, Clive, 58 Barth, John, 160 Bauhaus, xii, 53, 122, 124 Baumann, Zygmunt, 145 Bazin, Andre, 105 Beaux Arts, 194 Bellamy, Edward, 205 Bellows, George, 100–101 Benesch, Klaus: on aesthetic space, 114–15; concluding comments by, 217; on design process, 132; on digital city, 182–83; on energy, 19–21, 24–27; on future city, 204–5; introductory essay by, xi–xvi; on mobility, 143–64; on multicultural city, 66; on ruins, 86, 90; on sustainability, 42–43 INDEX 234 Benkler, Yochai, 178 Berger, Alan, 78–79 Berlin Wall, 80, 81 Berman, Marshall, 227n3 Bin Laden, Osama, 103, 105 Blacks, 54, 57–60, 64, 116–17, 139–40. See also Race Blogosphere, 183. See also Digital city Borgman, Albert, 175 Boston, 5, 8, 10, 72 Bourdieu, Pierre, 149 Brand, Stewart, 86, 200 Brazil, 32 Breuer, Marcel, 122–25, 129–30 Broadacre City, 197, 203–4 Brown, Denise Scott, 140 Bruge, Jason, 111 Building industry, 39–41 Bunkers (anti-aircraft flak towers) (Vienna), 86 Burke, Edmund, 105 Burnham, Daniel, 52, 194–95 Butler, Judith, 149 Cabrini-Green housing project (Chicago): Cabrini Extension, 55, 59; community organizing for, 65; construction of, 54–55; demolition of, 49–51, 59–62, 64–65, 225n2; film on, 58, 62; former residents of, 59–60, 68; Frances Cabrini Homes, 54, 55, 59; location of, 64; media coverage of, 58; operating expenses for, 57; photographs of, 48, 55–56, 62–63; problems in, 56–61, 67; Project Cabrini-Green on, 50–51, 59, 61–62, 226n30; racial politics on, 54, 56, 58, 60, 69; rap culture of, 62–63, 66; sitcom set in, 56; songs about, 62; YouTube videos on, 62 Calatrava controversy, 155 Calder, Alexander, 96 California, 1, 10–11, 143–44, 179, 185–86. See also specific cities Camden, N.J., 74 Campbell, Colin, 98 Capitalism: cycle of, 78–79; and democracy, 29; green capitalism, 38; and industrial ruins, 86–87; Marx on, 72; neoliberal version of, xiii, 36...

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