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.
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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