New York 1880 - Stern Robert A.M.; Fishman David; Mellins Thomas
architecture and urbanism in the gilded age
KORTE INHOUD
This is the fourth volume in architect and historian Robert A. M. Stern's monumental series of documentary studies of New York City architecture and urbanism. The three previous books in the series, New York 1900, New York 1930, and New York 1960, have comprehensively covered the architects and urban planners who defined New York over the course of the twentieth century.
In this volume, Stern turns back to 1880 -- the end of the Civil War, the beginning of European modernism -- to trace the earlier history of the city. This dynamic era saw the technological advances and acts of civic and private will that formed the identity of New York City as we know it today. The installation of water, telephone, and electricity infrastructures as well as the advent of electric lighting, the elevator, and mass transit allowed the city to grow both out and up. The office building and apartment house types were envisioned and defined, changing the ways that New Yorkers worked and lived. Such massive public projects as the Bro...
In this volume, Stern turns back to 1880 -- the end of the Civil War, the beginning of European modernism -- to trace the earlier history of the city. This dynamic era saw the technological advances and acts of civic and private will that formed the identity of New York City as we know it today. The installation of water, telephone, and electricity infrastructures as well as the advent of electric lighting, the elevator, and mass transit allowed the city to grow both out and up. The office building and apartment house types were envisioned and defined, changing the ways that New Yorkers worked and lived. Such massive public projects as the Bro...
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2009Uitgever: The Monacelli Press1164 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1580930271ISBN-13: 9781580930277Koop dit boek tweedehands
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The Monacelli Press: New York, 1999. Bound with dustwrapper, 1164 pp. Photographic sources, notes, index. B-w images. Light traces of use on dustwrapper. 28,5x22x5,3 cm. Very good condition. [excessive charges outside EU (euro 50), parcel service / 3,5 KG] [Categorie: Architecture] [Auteur: Stern, Robert A.M., Thomas Mellins & David Fishman.] [Pagina's: 1164] [Jaar: 1999] [Titel: New York 1880: Architecture and urbanism in the gilded age.]
