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The Architecture of New York City: Histories and Views of Important Structures, Sites, and Symbols, Revised Edition
ISBN: 978-0-471-01439-3
Paperback
408 pages
April 1994
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Seventeenth Century: Dutch Beginnings.

Eighteenth Century: Georgian Architecture and a Revolution.

The Federal Style.

Nineteenth Century: Greek Revival.

Temples of Commerce and Houses of Industry.

Churches: From Temple Fronts to Statue Columns.

Cast-Iron Buildings, Their Legacy, and the Palazzo Style.

The Tallest Building in the World, 1913-30: The Woolworth Building.

Fashionable Dwellings.

Theaters.

The New York Port Comes of Age.

Art Deco Skyscrapers.

Rockefeller Center: Innovation in Urban Planning.

Graves, Gardens, and Parks.

The Picturesque Point of View: Fonthill Castle, Firehouses, and the Seventh Regiment Armory.

``O Harp and Altar'': The Brooklyn Bridge.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.