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Used-Like New. For Siegfried Kracauer, the urban ornament was not just an aspect ofdesign; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolisitself. In Ornaments of the Metropolis, Henrik Reeh traces variations on the themeof the ornament in Kracauer's writings on urbanism, from his early journalism inGermany between the wars to his 'sociobiography' of Jacques Offenbach in Paris. Kracauer (1889-1966), often associated with the Frankfurt School and theintellectual milieu of Walter Benjamin, is best known for his writings on cinema andthe philosophy of history. Reeh examines Kracauer's lesser-known early work, much ofit written for the trendsetting newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung in the 1920s and early1930s, and analyzes Kracauer's continuing reflections on modern urban life, throughthe pivotal idea of ornament. Kracauer deciphers the subjective experience of thecity by viewing fragments of the city as dynamic ornaments; an employment exchange, a day shelter for the homeless, a movie theater, and an amusement park become urbanmicrocosms. Reeh focuses on three substantial works written by Kracauer before hisemigration to the United States in 1940. In the early autobiographical novelGinster, Written by Himself, a young architect finds aesthetic pleasure in theornamental forms that are largely unused in the profession of the time. Thecollection Streets of Berlin and Elsewhere, with many essays from Kracauer's yearsin Berlin, documents the subjectiveness of urban life. Finally, Jacques Offenbachand the Paris of His Time shows how the superficial--in a sense, ornamental--milieu of the operetta evolved into a critical force during the Second Empire. Reehargues that Kracauer's novel, essays, and historiography all suggest ways in whichthe subjective can reappropriate urban life. The book also includes a series ofphotographs by the author that reflect the ornamental experience of the metropolisin Paris, Frankfurt, and other cities. Variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's urban writings, suggesting ways in which the subjective can reappropriate urban life.