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Stern, Robert A. M.

New York 1900 : metropolitan architecture and urbanism, 1890-1915. / txt New York one thousand nine hundred : metropolitan architecture and urbanism, 1890-1915. / txt by Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, John Montague Massengale. - 502 p. ill. ;plans. ; 29 cm. book

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Preface --
Age of Metropolitanism / Stages of Metropolitanism --
Civic structure / City planning, transportation --
Civic grandeur / Civic center, buildings for public service, the federal presence, school, culture and learning, churches, monuments and memorials, recreation.--
Palaces of production / Office buildings, banks and commerce, stores --
Places of pleasure / Theaters, roof gardens, clubs, Coney Island --
Places for the people / Hotels, apartments hotels, apartments --
Metropolitan neighborhoods / Billionaire District, The west end, Morningside heights, suburbs --

This book is the middle volume of a three-part work devoted to the evolution of New York's architecture and urbanism in the Metropolitan Era, the three-quarters of a century from the Civil War's conclusion through the depression of the 1930s.

ISBN: 0847805115 9780847819348 0847819345

LCCN: 83042995

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architecture--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Buildings--New York (State)--New York.
City planning--New York (State)--New York.
Architecture--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Architecture, Modern--New York (State)--New York

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York N.Y.--Buildings, structures, etc.

LC Class. No.: NA735.N5 / S73 1983

Dewey Class. No.: 720.97471