A controversial manifesto on the role of classical principles in
architecture critically examined for relevance today. First
published in 1959, The Golden City is a seminal, critical document
that developed one of the earliest and most compelling arguments
against the then-dominant hegemony of modernism by reawakening
interest in the value of our country's built patrimony,
particularly with respect to its notable classical architecture,
classical sculpture, and ornament in the built environment. The
book's argument remains valuable today. The Golden City can be
credited with building the constituency for the preservation
movement in the United States in general, and in New York City in
particular. That constituency coalesced around Reed's powerful
polemic, eventually contributing to the formulation in 1965 of New
York City's groundbreaking Landmark Law, one of the most important
milestones in the preservation movement in the United States.
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