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Cities and Warfare: The Impact of Terrorism on Urban Form

What impact will terrorism have on America's cities? Historically, large-scale violence has impacted cities in three ways. First, concentrations of people have an advantage in defending themselves from attackers, making cities more appealing in times of violence. Second, cities often make attractive targets for violence, which creates an incentive for people to disperse. Finally, since warfare and terrorism often specifically target means of transportation, violence can increase the effective cost of transportation, which will usually increase the demand for density. Evidence on war and cities in the 20th century suggests that the effect of wars on urban form can be large (for example, Berlin in World War II), but more commonly neither terrorism nor wars have significantly altered urban form. As such, across America the effect of terrorism on cities is likely to be small. The only exception to this is downtown New York which, absent large-scale subsidies, will probably not be fully rebuilt. Furthermore, such subsidies make little sense to us.

Review: Downtown New York: The Architecture of Business/The Business of Buildings, by Carol Willis

Review: <i>Downtown New York: The Architecture of Business/The Business of Buildings</i>, by Carol Willis

Review: Downtown New York: The Architecture of Business/The Business of Buildings

Book Review| March 01 1998 Review: Downtown New York: The Architecture of Business/The Business of Buildings Downtown New York: The Architecture of Business/The Business of Buildings Mary Beth Betts Mary Beth Betts Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (1998) 57 (1): 73–75. https://doi.org/10.2307/991408 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Mary Beth Betts; Review: Downtown New York: The Architecture of Business/The Business of Buildings. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 March 1998; 57 (1): 73–75. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/991408 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1998 The Society of Architectural Historians Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

First international conference on composites engineering : Sheraton Hotel, downtown New Orleans, LA, U.S.A. 28–31 August 1994

First international conference on composites engineering : Sheraton Hotel, downtown New Orleans, LA, U.S.A. 28–31 August 1994

Flight Test Programme

ON APRIL 1st, 1969, the world's first jet V/S.T.O.L. weapons system, the Hawker Siddeley Harrier G.R. Mk. 1, entered military service with the Royal Air Force. This was the culmination of eight years of flight testing during which the Harrier evolved from the original Hawker P.1127 project of the late fifties. In this period an unparallelled record of jet V/S.T.O.L. flying has been built up, the Harriers alone flying some 1,700 hours of test flights with over 4,500 transitions, and their predecessors, the P.1127s and Kestrels, over 1,200 test and evaluation flying hours with 2,600 transitions. (Fig. 1). They have taken off and landed in small forest clearings by day and night, in central London and downtown New York, on ships decks ranging from U.S.S. Independence's 1,050 ft. × 250 ft. (310 m. ×75m.) down to H.M.S. Blake's 120ft. × 50ft. (36m. × 15m.), and from concrete, from grass and from aluminium pads. The comprehensive development programme has confirmed the engineering success of the design and proved that the Harrier jet V/S.T.O.L. weapons system is competitive and cost‐effective.

The Nurse on the Docks

Miss Johnson wearing the American Red Cross uniform of World War I. courses in home nursing and first aid, Florence mounted her bicycle and became Montclair's first visiting nurse. This she did as a volunteer, working under the auspices of the organization known as The New England Women. The enthusiastic service of the eager amateur led to the appointment of a graduate nurse who was selected on the basis of personal qualifications prescribed by Miss Johnson. Then, having overcome her mother's objections, she was admitted by Annie W. Goodrich to the New York Hospital School of Nursing. Julia C. Stimson was a fellow student and, in their senior year, a friendly competition developed between the "Smith" and "Vassar" wards as each strove to administer "the best nursing service in the hospital." In the years between her graduation in 1908 and the entry of the U.S. into World War I, Miss Johnson served successively as director of the medical service of the Cornell Clinic in downtown New York, a service she often recalled with special pleasure, and as a member of the staff of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. She then established the Social Service Department at Harlem Hospital. While in the position of director of this service, she looked upon Mary E. Wadley, the pioneer organizer of social service at Bellevue Hospital, as her guide, counselor, and friend. Writing in 1913 of her work at Harlem, Miss Johnson noted that all medical social service in New York at that time was performed by nurses, some of whom had secured special preparation at the School of Philanthropy or at Teachers College. In her judgment "the essentials for a successful social service nurse, in addition to her technical skill, seem . . . to be love of people, a sense of humor, and an abundance of common sense." Happily she possessed all three in overflowing measure. Her feeling for the work was summed up as follows in an article she prepared for the Smith Alumnae Quarterly: "There is an everchanging variety, both in people and in problems, and to anyone who loves her fellow man it is, to adopt the phrase of one of my girls, very 'soul-satisfyin'. Love of her fellow man had already become the dominating motive of her life. When called to other work, Miss Johnson became a member of the Board of Directors of the Social Service Department of Harlem Hospital and it continued to be one of her special interests throughout her life. For two years Miss Johnson was an instructor on the faculty of the Department of Nursing and Health at Teachers College, Columbia Univer-

The Nurse on the Docks

Miss Johnson wearing American Red Cross uniform of World War I. courses in home nursing and first aid, Florence mounted her bicycle and became Montclair's first visiting nurse. This she did as a volunteer, working under auspices of organization known as The New England Women. The enthusiastic service of eager amateur led to appointment of a graduate nurse who was selected on basis of personal qualifications prescribed by Miss Johnson. Then, having overcome her mother's objections, she was admitted by Annie W. Goodrich to New York Hospital School of Nursing. Julia C. Stimson was a fellow student and, in their senior year, a friendly competition developed between and Vassar wards as each strove to administer the best nursing service in hospital. In years between her graduation in 1908 and entry of U.S. into World War I, Miss Johnson served successively as director of medical service of Cornell Clinic in downtown New York, a service she often recalled with special pleasure, and as a member of staff of Association for Improving Condition of Poor. She then established Social Service Department at Harlem Hospital. While in position of director of this service, she looked upon Mary E. Wadley, pioneer organizer of social service at Bellevue Hospital, as her guide, counselor, and friend. Writing in 1913 of her work at Harlem, Miss Johnson noted that all medical social service in New York at that time was performed by nurses, some of whom had secured special preparation at School of Philanthropy or at Teachers College. In her judgment the essentials for a successful social service nurse, in addition to her technical skill, seem . . . to be love of people, a sense of humor, and an abundance of common sense. Happily she possessed all three in overflowing measure. Her feeling for work was summed up as follows in an article she prepared for Smith Alumnae Quarterly: There is an everchanging variety, both in people and in problems, and to anyone who loves her fellow man it is, to adopt phrase of one of my girls, very 'soul-satisfyin'. Love of her fellow man had already become dominating motive of her life. When called to other work, Miss Johnson became a member of Board of Directors of Social Service Department of Harlem Hospital and it continued to be one of her special interests throughout her life. For two years Miss Johnson was an instructor on faculty of Department of Nursing and Health at Teachers College, Columbia Univer-