a critique of NYC's supertall towers from top to bottom Nash, Eric Peter creator author. Katz, Bruce 1958- photographer. text bibliography nyu 2023 First edition. monographic eng

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208 p. : ill.; photo. ; col. ; 29 cm. "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"-- 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 -- Eric P. Nash ; photography by Bruce Katz. Includes bibliographical references. Supertall buildings New York (State) New York Street life New York (State) New York Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc NA6233.N5 N38 2023 720/.483097471 9781797222547 1797222546 2022042531 DLC 220906 20240112124826.0 eng