New York 1900 : metropolitan architecture and urbanism, 1890-1915 /
by Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, John Montague Massengale
- 1st paperback ed.
- N. Y. : Rizzoli, 1995
- 502 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Preface. - Age of metropolitanism : stages of metropolitanism. - Civic structure : city planning, transportation. - Civic grandeur : civic center, buildings for public service, the federal presence, schools, culture and learning, churches, monuments and memorials, recreation. - Palaces of production : office buildings, banks and commerce, stores. - Palaces of pleasure : theaters, roof gardens, clubs, coney islands. - Palaces for the people : hotels, apartment hotels, apartments. - Metropolitan neighborhoods : billionaire district, the West End, morningside heights, suburbs. - Afterword. - Photographic sources. - Notes. - Index.
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Architecture--New York (State)--New York--19th century. Architecture--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Buildings--New York (State)--New York. City planning--New York (State)--New York.