Sky-high : a critique of NYC's supertall towers from top to bottom /
Eric P. Nash ; photography by Bruce Katz.
- First edition.
- 208 p. : ill.; photo. ; col. ; 29 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I A Short History of the Tall Building in New York City: Introduction 14 -- The Eclectic Era 18 -- 2 Ever Upward 24 -- 3 Art Deco Days (and Nights) 26 -- 4 Looking through a Glass Onion 34 -- 5 Beyond Modernism 38 -- Part II Supertalls: Introduction 42 -- 6 Phoenix from the Ashes 48 -- 7 The Boulevard of Billionaires 78 -- 8 If You Build It (Hopefully, Maybe, Eventually) They Will Come 116 -- 9 At the Corner of Cheesecake and Dime 158 -- Part III Is Bigger Better?: Introduction 168 -- 10 The View from Mount Olympus 172 -- 11 Supersize Me 176 -- 12 Who Owns the Streets? 180 -- 13 Giant Steps 184 -- Notes 188 -- Bibliography 201 -- Illustration Credits 205 -- About the Authors 208 --
List of Buildings: One World Trade Center The Freedom, Tower David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) -- One57 157 West 57th Street, Christian de Portzamparc -- 432 Park Avenue, Rafael Viñoly Architects -- 3 World Trade Center, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners -- One Manhattan West, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) -- 30 Hudson Yards, William Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) -- 35 Hudson Yards, David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) -- 111 West 57th Street Steinway Tower, SHoP Architects -- One Vanderbilt, James von Klemperer of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) -- 53W53 53 West 53rd Street, Jean Nouvel -- Central Park Tower 217 West 57th Street, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture -- 9 DeKalb The Brooklyn Tower, SHoP Architects --
"Part architectural guidebook and part critique, Sky-High documents the pencil-thin, supertall towers that are transforming New York City's skyline as well as its streets"--
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Supertall buildings--New York (State)--New York. Street life--New York (State)--New York. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.