Learning from Bryant Park
Learning from Bryant Park: Revitalizing Cities, Towns, and Public Spaces By Andrew M. Manshel. Published by Rutgers University Press, $29.95. Reviewed by Richard K. Rein. You don’t have to read too far into Andrew Manshel’s new book to realize that its title, Learning from Bryant Park, is an alluring misnomer. It could just as well […]
From Organization Man to Transaction Man
Transaction Man – The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream By Nicholas Lemann. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.) Reviewed by Richard K. Rein. If you had to name today’s biggest companies you might quickly tick off Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, or Amazon. If you were asked to name the biggest […]
Review: Ballpark – Baseball in the American City
Author: Paul Goldberger. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. With Father’s Day just around the corner, you might view Paul Goldberger’s new book, “Ballpark – Baseball in the American City,” as a well timed merchandising move, as well as a publishing event. But “Ballpark” is much more than another sports book aimed at the nostalgic male […]