New from NYU Press: The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea

By Thomas Bender

Available for the first time in paperback, The Unfinished City by nationally renowned urban scholar Thomas Bender, who is also University Professor of the Humanities and professor of history at NYU, is an unparalleled illustrated guide to Manhattan’s past and present.

The book traces the history of New York from its humble regional beginnings to its present global eminence. Bender contends that the city took shape not only according to the grand designs of urban planners and business tycoons, but also in response to a welter of artistic visions, intellectual projects, and everyday demands of the millions of people who call New York home. Bender’s story of urban development ranges from the streets of Times Square to the workshops of Thomas Edison, from the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe to the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

In a tour that spans neighborhoods and centuries, The Unfinished City makes a powerful case for the enduring importance of cities in American life.

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