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The Architectural Guidebook to New York City

by Francis Morrone

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ISBN13: 9781586852115
ISBN10: 1586852116
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Contents Introduction The Financial District Around City Hall From the Battery to TriBeCa SoHo Greenwich Village The East Village Chelsea From Union Square to Kips Bay From Herald Square to Murray Hill Grand Central Turtle Bay Times Square Fifth Avenue From Columbus Circle to Sutton Place Broadway in the Upper West Side Central Park West The Upper East Side Yorkville and Carnegie Hill Morningside Heights Washington Heights and Harlem Central Park Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights Park Slope and Prospect Park Index for Specialists Bibiliography Index

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Covering some 600 buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn, this guide offers maps and descriptions of prominent and interesting structures. The author's own architectural judgments are often included. The relative lack of illustration (small black and white photographs of a minority of the buildings are included) suggest that the guide is meant to serve as a walking tour guide where the reader can compare commentary to the actual buildings of the two New York boroughs. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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$21.95 paperback 1-58685-113-6 August

6 x 8 in, 432 pp, Black & White Photographs, Rights: W, Architecturev Francis Morrone has returned to the buildings of his original guidebook once again to detail additions and changes in name and usage, and the book has been modified to reflect post September 11th New York City. With its thoughtful detail and out-of-the-ordinary observations, this guidebook is a must-have for New Yorkers, tourists, and architectural lovers everywhere.

Francis Morrone is a lecturer and tour leader for the Municipal Art Society of New York, a nonprofit civic organization founded in 1893. His writings on architecture and New York history appear in The New Criterion, the City Journal, and other publications. His other books include An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn and An Architectural Guidebook to Philadelphia. He lives in Brooklyn.

James Iska, whose work has been exhibited all over the world and has appeared in the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune, is currently on the staff of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Synopsis:

Francis Morrone has returned to the buildings of his original guidebook once again to detail additions and changes in name and usage, and the book has been modified to reflect post September 11th New York City. With its thoughtful detail and out-of-the-ordinary observations, this guidebook is a must-have for New Yorkers, tourists, and architectural lovers everywhere.

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ISBN:
9781586852115
Subtitle:
Revised and Updated Edition
Author:
Iska, James
Author:
Iska, James
Publisher:
Gibbs Smith Publishers
Location:
Layton, Utah
Subject:
New york (state)
Subject:
Criticism
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
New York
Subject:
New york (n.y.)
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Copyright:
Edition Number:
Rev. ed.
Edition Description:
Revised
Series Volume:
107-1
Publication Date:
August 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
8.42x5.82x1.00 in. 1.42 lbs.

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