Manhattan Timeformations

inception: 2001

Description

Manhattan Timeformations maps the evolution of New York's skyscraper districts during the 20th century. The site depicts the dynamic relationship between big buildings and other layers of urban information, including geologic formation, settlement patterns, the location of landfill, transportation and communications infrastructure, zoning laws, and real estate cycles.

attributed to: Rhizome staff

inception: 2021

description edit

Manhattan Timeformations maps the evolution of New York's skyscraper districts during the 20th century. The site depicts the dynamic relationship between big buildings and other layers of urban information, including geologic formation, settlement patterns, the location of landfill, transportation and communications infrastructure, zoning laws and real estate cycles.

attributed to: Brian McGrath

inception: 18 October 2001

Legacy descriptive tags

The Skyscraper Museum, Mark Watkins, Brian McGrath, US, New York City, New York, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Irrational Exhuberance, The Air-conditioned Nightmare, Empires of Steel, Cathedrals of Commerce, Bonfire of the Vanities

Attribution: Brian McGrath

information map, historical, Documentary, Collaborative, utopia, space, memory, education, disappearance, desire, corporate, 3D, HTML, Flash, Visual, Virtual, Animation

Attribution: Rhizome staff

Metadata

Descriptive Data

artist: Brian McGrath

title: Manhattan Timeformations

inception: 2001

Variant History

outside link

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access URL: http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations/index.html

inception: 2001

associated with: Brian McGrath