La nit americana

Chosen from thousands of postcards in Jordi Sardà's private collection, this selection of just 12 images illustrates the magic of America by night. One next to the other, they piece together a mosaic of an urban reality that was brand-new (with bridges, streets, junctions, grids and buildings)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Sardà Ferran, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:catalán
español
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/14372
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/14372
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cities and towns -- United States
Light in architecture
Postcards -- United States
Postcards
American cities
Night
Light
Ciutats -- Estats Units d'Amèrica
Llum en l'arquitectura
Targetes postals -- Estats Units d'Amèrica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme
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Sumario:Chosen from thousands of postcards in Jordi Sardà's private collection, this selection of just 12 images illustrates the magic of America by night. One next to the other, they piece together a mosaic of an urban reality that was brand-new (with bridges, streets, junctions, grids and buildings) and that continues to identify the great cities of the vast American continent. American cities, unlike their European counterparts, quickly realized that light was a miraculous artifice enabling them to grow outwards and upwards, unstoppably. It is light that allows life round the clock in Los Angeles and Sao Paulo, in Buenos Aires and Las Vegas, in Rio de Janeiro and New York, and light which, on occasion, makes night, paradoxically, the best part of the day.