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New York 1880 : Architecture and Urbanism in the Gilded Age by Thomas Mellins, Robert A. M. Stern and David Fishman (1999, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMonacelli Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101580930271
ISBN-139781580930277
eBay Product ID (ePID)219145
Product Key Features
Book TitleNew York 1880 : Architecture and Urbanism in the Gilded Age
Number of Pages1164 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Criticism, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), History / General
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Architecture, History
AuthorThomas Mellins, Robert A. M. Stern, David Fishman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight109.2 Oz
Item Length11.4 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-017892
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal720/.9747/109034
SynopsisThis 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 Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park became realities, along with such private efforts as Grand Central Station. Like the other three volumes, New York 1880 is an in-depth presentation of the buildings and plans that transformed New York from a harbor town into a world-class metropolis. A broad range of primary sources -- critics and writers, architects, planners, city officials -- brings the time period to life and allows the city to tell its own complex story. The book is generously illustrated with over 1,200 archival photographs, which show the city as it was, and as some parts of it still are., 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 Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park became realities, along with such private efforts as Grand Central Station. Like the other three volumes, New York 1880 is an in-depth presentation of the buildings and plans that transformed New York from a harbor town into a world-class metropolis. A broad range of primary sources -- critics and writers, architects, planners, city officials -- brings the time period to life and allows the city to tell its own complex story. The book is generously illustrated with over 1,200 archival photographs, which show the city as it was, and as some parts of it still are., 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.
LC Classification NumberNA735.N5S727 1999
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- Jan 28, 2022
the new york city of another age
a look back at new york city when there were still great mansions and some open spaces... see buildings that have long since disappeared. fascinating!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
