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Title: Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865-1913 by Sarah Bradford Landau, Carl W. Condit ISBN: 0-300-07739-4 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Documenting New York's earliest high-rise buildings
Comment: As the title indicates, this book covers New York 'skyscrapers' (loosely-defined) from 1865 to 1913. The book begins with 5-story masonry buildings of the late 1800s and culminates with such landmarks as the Woolworth and Singer Buildings. The authors highlight the technical angle, and explain the developments that occurred in steel framing, foundations, and elevators, although the exterior aesthetics of these buildings also receive attention. Some space is allocated to hotels and apartment buildings; however, most of the book is devoted to office buildings. Best of all are the magnificent period photographs of early high-rises, about a hundred in all. Also, there are twenty floor plans.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting , but a bit boring
Comment: I am a very apassionated researcher about the development of the great American and Latin American cities. I have found this book very useful for my researchs, with a very great amount of information and a very serious investigation on the issue . The main critic I have found is that the same thing could have been done in a more narrative and amusing way, to keep the reader interested in the reading.The story of New York has been dinamic and full of force, and nothing of that has been reflected on this book. Outside of that, I have really learned a lot about the issue, and it has really been very useful for my own investigations about the issue. I am an architect with a Master on Urban Economics in Buenos Aires, and all this literature is really important for my researchs.
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Title: New York 1880: Architecture and Urbanism in the Gilded Age by Robert A. M. Stern, Thomas Mellins, David Fishman ISBN: 1580930271 Publisher: Monacelli Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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Title: Guide to New York City Landmarks (Guide to New York City Landmarks) by Andrew S. Dolkart, Matthew A. Postal ISBN: 0471369004 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 03 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915 by Robert A. M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, John Montague Massengale ISBN: 0847819345 Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
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