architecture and urbanism between the Second World War and the Bicentennial architecture and urbanism between the Second World War and the Bicentennial Stern, Robert A. M. creator Mellins, Thomas. Fishman, David. text bibliography nyu 1997 2nd ed. monographic eng spa

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1374 p. ill. ;maps. ;plans. ; 29 cm. This is the third volume (and the fourth chronologically) in architect and historian Robert A. M. Stern's monumental series of documentary studies of New York City architecture and urbanism. New York 1880, New York 1900, and New York 1930 have comprehensively covered the architects and urban planners who defined New York from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. The post-World War II era witnessed New York's reign as the unofficial but undisputed economic and artistic capital of the world. By the mid-1970s, the city had experienced a profound reversal, and both its economy and its reputation were at a historic nadir. The architectural history of the period offered an exceptionally abundant and varied mix of building styles and types, from the faltering traditionalism of the 1940s through the heyday of International Style modernism in the 1950s and 1960s to the incipient postmodernism of the 1970s. Organized geographically, New York 1960 provides an encyclopedic survey of the city's postwar architecture as well as relating a coherent story about each of its diverse neighborhoods. Primary sources are emphasized, including the commentaries of the preeminent architecture critics of the day; the text is illustrated exclusively with a rich collection of period photographs. Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- DEATH BY DEVELOPMENT -- LOWER MANHATTAN -- Lower East Side -- Civic Center -- Downtown -- On the Waterfront -- GREENWICH VILLAGE AND SOHO -- Greenwich Village -- SoHo -- MIDTOWN -- East Side: From Stuyvesant Town to Turtle Bay -- West Side: From Chelsea to Clinton Rockefeller Center -- Park Avenue -- Fifth Avenue -- Sixth Avenue -- Madison Avenue -- Third Avenue -- Times Square -- Forty-second Street -- Fifty-third Street -- Plaza District -- INTERIORS -- Art Galleries -- Restaurants and Nightclubs -- Apartments -- Offices -- Stores -- UNITED NATIONS -- ROOSEVELT ISLAND -- UPPER WEST SIDE -- The Fall -- Columbus Circle -- Lincoln Square -- Manhattantown and the West Side -- Urban Renewal Area -- Morningside Heights -- The New West Side Story -- CENTRAL PARK -- UPPER EAST SIDE -- The Plight of the Prosperous -- Fifth Avenue -- Madison Avenue -- Park Avenue -- Third Avenue -- Far East Side -- HARLEM AND UPPER MANHATTAN -- Black America's Capital City -- East Harlem -- Central Harlem -- West Harlem -- 125th Street -- Upper Manhattan -- 13 OUTER BOROUGHS -- Brooklyn -- The Bronx -- Staten Island -- Queens -- 1964-65 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR -- BEYOND THE BOROUGHS -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION -- NEW YORK AND THE ARTS -- New York in Painting and Sculpture -- New York in Photography -- New York on Film -- New York in Music and Dance -- Architectural Culture: Discourse -- Afterword -- Photographic Sources -- Robert A.M. Stern, Thomas Mellins, David Fishman. Include index Include Bibliography Architecture New York (State) New York History 20th century Buildings New York (State) New York Architecture, Modern New York (State) New York History 20th century Architecture, American New York (State) New York History 20th century City planning New York (State) New York Illustrated books New York (State) New York New York N.Y Buildings, structures, etc NA735.N5 S73 1997 720.974710904 9781885254856 1885254857 94076581 pucpr 061010 20220524174630.0 eng