Tudor City: Manhattan's Historic Residential Enclave

by Lawrence R. Samuel and Piero Ribelli

Book Overview

On the east side of Midtown Manhattan, next to the United Nations, sits the massive apartment complex Tudor City. An architectural masterpiece created by developer Fred F. French during the Roaring Twenties, Tudor City was the first residential skyscraper complex in the world. It brought middle-class lifestyle to center city. Tudor City has parks, shops and restaurants and even once had a mini-golf course. Developers and preservationists battled over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540240908
• ISBN13: 9781540240903
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"