Daniel Brook

Daniel Brook is the author of several books on urban history including The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin which comes out from W. W. Norton in May.

The Elion-Hitchings Building in 2020 before its demolition.

The Dubious Return of the Brutalists The Dubious Return of the Brutalists

Why the stark 20th-century architectural style is back in vogue.

Feb 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

A concert audience in New York’s Tompkins Square Park, 2022

Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic? Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic?

In Feral City, Jeremiah Moss asks if Manhattan changed during the Covid years.

Jan 11, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

Proposed design for a mosquito screen erected over Washington, D.C.

The Half Measures of Public Health Architecture The Half Measures of Public Health Architecture

To build better cities, architects must not only take on projects related to our health; they must confront the contradictions of their plutocratic funding model.

Sep 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

Learning From Mexico

Learning From Mexico Learning From Mexico

Richard Rodriguez’s vision of racial mixing as New World destiny.

Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

Extreme Inequality Extreme Inequality

A look at the gap between rich and poor via two books: David Cay Johnson's Free Lunch and Michael J. Thompson's The Politics of Inequality.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

Triumph of the Wills Triumph of the Wills

A new apologia for Anglo-Saxon noblesse oblige needs a reality check.

Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

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