Manhattan Skyscrapers

By Eric Nash

Book Overview

What do you picture when you think of New York City? For most, it is the city's distinctive skyline, made famous bycountless movies and photographs. Everyone in Manhattan, whether first-time visitor... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568981813
• ISBN13: 9781568981819
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.3" x 1.0" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended for any fan of Manhattan or urban architectural style

The city of New York hosts some of the most memorable skyscrapers in the world: for those unable to personally visit, Manhattan Skyscrapers provides a newly revised, expanded edition to present over eighty of the best of Manhattan's skyscrapers. Though full-page color portraits of each are packed into each feature, equally striking is the blend of historical background, architectural insight and details Nash provides in each accompanying description. A 'then and now' feel is created by the color contemporary photo facing a page of vintage or black and white illustration. Highly recommended for any fan of Manhattan or urban architectural style.

For all who love New York....

"Manhattan Skyscrapers", a book first offered in 1999, has been updated since 9/11, but the central thrust remains......there is no other place on earth that gives us so many tall buildings on such small parcels of land. As one who has worked at the Empire State Building for a dozen years, "Manhattan Skyscrapers" makes me want to see as many of these wonders as I can. This is a coffee table book to be sure, but that doesn't take anything away from the richness of Norman McGrath's often stunning photographs and the accompanying descriptions by author Eric P. Nash. Beginning with the 1896 American Tract Society Building (hardly a skyscraper by today's standards) the reader is treated to a chronological trip up and down Manhattan. There are many old black and white photos that are included, giving us a perspective on how the city has evolved architecturally. (Yes, there is a section on the twin towers, as there should be) I was particularly enamored of the older buildings, especially the Flatiron Building (1902) with its one-of-a-kind design but the newer buildings, such as Citicorp Center, the W.R. Grace Building and the oddly suggestive Lipstick Building also warrant attention. Having viewed the outside of these marvels of creation it would be nice to see a book about the interiors of some of them.....the lobby of the Empire State Building, for one. Nash and McGrath have compiled a gem of a book. I encourage readers to have a look and take your time with it. It's worth every page turn.

Only the Best

This book pin pointed some of Manhattan's most noticable and famous skyscrapers. From early century to 2000 this book covers it all. It starts of with the best early buildings mainly near cityhall. Then continues to the towers of wall street, these are the big bold towers weve come to know in the financial district, from the equitable building that is the reason for new york zoning to 1 bankers trust and it's magnificant zuggarat roof. It's full of pictures and info you can't find anywhere else. The book gets more exciting as time progresses, mentioning towers from the Empire State building to the short beakman plaza it's all there. Modern towers are characterized magnificently, at first describing the landmarks such as the lever, seagram, and the U.N. to latter discussing Manhattan's Mega Skyscrapers such as U.S. Steel, G.M., Chase, and Metlife mentioning the sucesses and failures of each tower. At the end it describes the boom in timesquare and other new skyscrapers which escape the box. I read every page with great excitement and recommend it to everyone, it's full of info from an architect's and historians point of view

This Book is a MUST HAVE !

I have read a lot of books about Manhattan Skyscrapers, but this is by far the BEST of all of them. The author makes a review of 75 of the most famous Manhattan's skyscrapers, with amazing pictures you've never seen before. Going in chronological order, it goes from the first skyscrapers, like the Flatiron Building, pasing through Empire State Building, Chrysler and Woolworth, and ending with the new Conde Naste Building at Broadway. If you love skyscraper architecture, this is THE Book ! .

Cool photos

we've all seen pictures of skyscrapers and know what they look like, but i was amazed at the photos he took of them. he must stayed in one spot all day, just sitting and waiting all day for that perfect shadow to cast just right to make some of his compositions. I liked it mostly for his compositions and techniques of taking pictures of buildings we've seen a thousand times before--hey if you like skyscrapers or NYC, it's a bonus.