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    Design and Architecture

    Designing The Knick

    The Knick is a new Cinemax drama series directed by Steven Soderbergh that examines turn-of-the century medicine in New York City. The series depicts life in 1900 in a shockingly realistic fashion; it features terrifying medical devices, filthy city life and shows the transition to electricity.

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    By Frances Anderton • Aug 19, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Knick is a new Cinemax drama series directed by Steven Soderbergh that examines turn-of-the century medicine in New York City. The series depicts life in 1900 in a shockingly realistic fashion; it features terrifying medical devices, filthy city life and shows the transition to electricity.

    The designers describe why they chose not to be nostalgic in any way about the time period.

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    Slide the City, or Not? Designing The Knick
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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      Howard Cummings

      The Knick

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      Ellen Mirojnick

      costume designer

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    The full episode

    2 of 2
    Slide the City, or Not? Designing The Knick
    1. 1:06Should Water-Loving LA Allow Slide The City?
    2. 14:52Designing The KnickYou’re reading this
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