New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915 (Paperback)

~ (Author), Gregory Gilmartin (Author), John Massengale (Author)

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Product Description

This book is the middle volume of a three-part work devoted to the evolution of New York's architecture and urbanism in the Metropolitan Era, the three-quarters of a century from the Civil War's conclusion through the depression of the 1930s.

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications (November 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847819345
• ISBN-13: 978-0847819348
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,222,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars invaluable for anyone interesting in NYC architecture, July 18, 1998

By	Christopher Gray (Across the street from Zabar's) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This work (the first in a projected pentology on New York architecture in 1876, 1900, 1930, 1960 and 2000) is a dead-on account of NYC high-style architecture from 1890-1915. A must have.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully documents buildings of the turn-of-the-century, November 17, 2001

By	saskatoonguy (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews

This is an excellent treatment of New York architecture, 1890-1915, divided into chapters by building type. It's substantially thinner than Robert Stern's other books in this series (New York 1880, New York 1930, New York 1960), but there's enough meat here that the reader feels the topic has been fully covered. The book has a particularly attractive page format, with numerous photos that beautifully document the era (averaging approximately one per page). There are also roughly 60 floor plans, although most page space is used for text.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The original and the still the best!, January 3, 2000

By A Customer

This is a groundbreaking work that unearthed the contemporaneous understanding of events that, because of the advent of modernism, was never recorded in books. It has paved the way for more specialized studies, but its breadth of learning and expertise has never been surpassed.