The Architecture of New York City: Histories and Views of Important Structures, Sites, and Symbols

by Donald Martin Reynolds

Book Overview

From the reviews of the first edition of Architecture of New York City. "It should provide joy to anyone even vaguely interested in this city and its artifacts.. It is very likely to turn them into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0026024004
• ISBN13: 9780026024006
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A good book for a visitor to NYC

I bought this book a few days before my first visit to New York City. However, just reading very first part of this book gave me good knowledge of both history and architectures of NYC.This book starts with the born of New York City in 17th century, and covers many famous (and not so famous) architectures with about 200 photos taken by the author. It covers Georgian influence of 18th Century, Greek revival of 19th century, the Chicago school...etc. The Art Deco Skyscrapers, such as the Empire State building and the Chrysler building are well described. A whole chapter is devoted to Rockefeller Center. The history of MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) is interesting... For me, this book seems to have some small shortcomings. This book lacks "up to date" information. (This revised edition was first published in 1994.) Also, as a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright, I hope Guggenheim Museum have been covered more.