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050 0 0 _aNA6233.N5
_bN38 2023
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100 1 _aNash, Eric Peter,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSky-high :
_ba critique of NYC's supertall towers from top to bottom /
_cEric P. Nash ; photography by Bruce Katz.
250 _aFirst edition.
263 _a2306
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPrinceton Architectural Press,
_c[2023]
300 _a208 p. :
_bill.; photo. ; col. ;
_c29 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aPart 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 --
505 0 _aList 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 --
520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aSupertall buildings
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aStreet life
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
_xBuildings, structures, etc.
651 0 _aNew York (N.Y.)
_xBuildings, structures, etc.
700 1 _aKatz, Bruce,
_d1958-
_ephotographer.
942 _2lcc
_c27
_eFirst edition.
_hNA6233.N5
_kGeneral
_mN38 2023
999 _c301515
_d301515