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Author |
: Cynthia S. Brenwall |
Publisher |
: Abrams |
Total Pages |
: 958 |
Release |
: 2019-04-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781683353188 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1683353188 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Central Park by : Cynthia S. Brenwall
A pictorial history of the development of New York City’s Central Park from conception to completion. Drawing on the unparalleled collection of original designs for Central Park in the New York City Municipal Archives, Cynthia S. Brenwall tells the story of the creation of New York’s great public park, from its conception to its completion. This treasure trove of material ranges from the original winning competition entry; to meticulously detailed maps; to plans and elevations of buildings, some built, some unbuilt; to elegant designs for all kinds of fixtures needed in a world of gaslight and horses; to intricate engineering drawings of infrastructure elements. Much of it has never been published before. A virtual time machine that takes the reader on a journey through the park as it was originally envisioned, The Central Park is both a magnificent art book and a message from the past about what brilliant urban planning can do for a great city.
Author |
: New York (N.Y.). Municipal Archives |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3865217451 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783865217455 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis New York City Museum of Complaint by : New York (N.Y.). Municipal Archives
Letters.
Author |
: Aaron Goodwin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2016-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0692620427 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780692620427 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis New York City Municipal Archives by : Aaron Goodwin
Describes the vast l collections of New York City's official government archives.
Author |
: Mike Wallace |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 1195 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195116359 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195116356 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Greater Gotham by : Mike Wallace
Volume two of the world famous trilogy on the history of New York
Author |
: Eugene de Salignac |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 152 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015047884179 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis New York Rises by : Eugene de Salignac
Drawing from more than 20,000 glass-plate negatives and 10,000 vintage photographic prints, this large-format catalog features the work of Eugene de Salignac, official photographer of the New York City Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures from 1906 to 1945. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition of de Salignac's work at the Museum of the City of New York, it includes chapters on his photographs of city inspections, accidents, and the city's major bridges.
Author |
: New York (N.Y.). Board of Commissioners of the Central Park |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 548 |
Release |
: 1857 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044106439805 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park by : New York (N.Y.). Board of Commissioners of the Central Park
Author |
: Jonathan Soffer |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 526 |
Release |
: 2012-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231150330 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231150334 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City by : Jonathan Soffer
In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. By the end of his mayoral run in 1989 and despite the Wall Street crash of 1987, his administration had begun rebuilding neighborhoods and infrastructure. Unlike many American cities, Koch's New York was growing, not shrinking. Gentrification brought new businesses to neglected corners and converted low-end rental housing to coops and condos. Nevertheless, not all the changes were positive--AIDS, crime, homelessness, and violent racial conflict increased, marking a time of great, if somewhat uneven, transition. For better or worse, Koch's efforts convinced many New Yorkers to embrace a new political order subsidizing business, particularly finance, insurance, and real estate, and privatizing public space. Each phase of the city's recovery required a difficult choice between moneyed interests and social services, forcing Koch to be both a moderate and a pragmatist as he tried to mitigate growing economic inequality. Throughout, Koch's rough rhetoric (attacking his opponents as "crazy," "wackos," and "radicals") prompted charges of being racially divisive. The first book to recast Koch's legacy through personal and mayoral papers, authorized interviews, and oral histories, this volume plots a history of New York City through two rarely studied yet crucial decades: the bankruptcy of the 1970s and the recovery and crash of the 1980s.
Author |
: Staff of HistoryLink |
Publisher |
: Historylink |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1933245581 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781933245584 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Seattle at 150 by : Staff of HistoryLink
On the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Seattle, this book illustrates over a century and a half of the city's history through images and stories told through 150 objects and photographs from the collection of the Seattle Municipal Archives. Each object provides insight into a specific context of the city's history. With an afterword by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
Author |
: Marvin Mondlin |
Publisher |
: Carroll & Graf Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2005-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0786716525 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780786716524 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Book Row by : Marvin Mondlin
The city has eight million stories, and this one unfolds just south of 14th Street in Manhattan, mostly on the seven blocks of Fourth Avenue bracketed by Union Square and Astor Place. There, for nearly eight decades, from the 1890s to the 1960s, thrived a bibliophiles' paradise. They called it the New York Booksellers' Row, or, more commonly, Book Row. It's an American story, the story that this richly anecdotal historical memoir amiably tells: as American as the rags-to-riches tale of the Strand, which began its life as book stall on Eighth Street and today houses 2.5 million volumes in twelve miles of space. It's a story cast with colorful characters: like the horse-betting, poker-playing go-getter and book dealer George D. Smith; the irascible Russian-born book hunter Peter Stammer, the visionary Theodore C. Schulte; Lou Cohen, founder of the still-surviving Argosy Book Store; gentleman bookseller George Rubinowitz and his legendary shrewd wife Jenny. Rising rents, street crime, urban redevelopment, television-the reasons are many for the demise of Book Row, but in this volume, based on interviews with dozens upon dozens of the book people who bought, sold, and collected there, it lives again.
Author |
: United States. National Archives and Records Administration |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 27 |
Release |
: 1989 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:806292360 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Guide to the Records in the National Archives, Southeast Region by : United States. National Archives and Records Administration