Download or read book Upper East Side Historic District Designation Report written by New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hidden Landmarks of New York written by Tommy Silk and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover dozens of underappreciated landmarks and the stories behind them in this unique history on New York City, written and photographed by Landmarks of NY creator, Tommy Silk. New York is a city of landmarks – more than 37,000 of them. Visitors and New Yorkers walk by hundreds of these landmarks daily, often never knowing the rich history behind each of these buildings. One of these New Yorkers, Tommy Silk, has been photographing and chronicling a landmarked building every day for the last five years on his Instagram account, Landmarks of NY. In Hidden Landmarks of New York, Silk uncovers 120 of the city’s oldest, most unique, and often relatively unknown landmarks and the hidden history behind them. Whether it’s an African Graveyard a stone’s throw from City Hall; the Truman Capote house in Brooklyn Heights that he claimed to own (but actually just rented a room there for years); or 4 Gramercy Park West, the Greek Revival-style townhouse that is rumored to be the home of Stuart Little; each entry includes a picture of the landmark with a short, informative description of its history and its past (often well-known) inhabitants. With 120 photographs beautifully designed in a portable book, it’s perfect for armchair perusal or to stash in your backpack while wandering around the city.
Download or read book Park Slope Historic District Designation Report written by New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Architecture of Country Houses written by Andrew Jackson Downing and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Posh Portals written by Andrew Alpern and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated tour of the elegant entrances to New York City’s most celebrated apartment houses This handsome, oversized book introduces us to the grandest entrances of New York City’s residential buildings. These posh portals come in an array of forms and styles, such as the porte cochere, with a passage to admit carriages or motor cars; the classic awning, originally meant to be retracted in good weather; and Neoclassical, Romanesque, and Gothic revivals. Architectural historian Andrew Alpern highlights approximately 140 entrances, from the nineteenth century to the present, including those of the Dakota, the first true luxury apartment house in New York; San Remo, one of Central Park West’s most impressive apartment houses; and the Ansonia, at one time the largest hotel in the world. Each entrance is accompanied by a description of its signal features and the history of the building that surrounds it. All are represented in splendid color photographs, and many by charming watercolor drawings. These ornate entrances offer a glimpse into New York’s past, as well as its future—for today, once again, entryways have begun to feature heavily in the marketing of residential buildings. Posh Portals will be an inspiration for architects and a delight for city dwellers.
Download or read book The Greatest Grid written by Hilary Ballon and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York celebrating the bicentennial of the 1811 Commissioners' Plan of Manhattan, this volume does more than memorialize such a visionary effort, it serves as an enduring reference full of rare images and information."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Tudor City Manhattan s Historic Residential Enclave written by Lawrence R. Samuel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New York's original residential high-rise"--Back cover.
Download or read book Metropolitan Museum Historic District Designation Report written by New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1185 Park Avenue written by Anne Roiphe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-08-13 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this captivating memoir, novelist Anne Roiphe shows us what it was really like to grow up rich and Jewish in New York in the 1940s and 1950s. Revisiting the world of her childhood, Roiphe brings alive a cast of characters who are both difficult to love and impossible to forget. Through the eyes of this precocious, loving daughter, we witness the brutalities that lurked behind the mah-jongg tables, cocktail parties, and summer houses of her family. By turns heartbreaking, funny, and mercilessly honest, Roiphe's story exposes the fault lines of misery that exploded in domestic battles on the home front, far overshadowing the war overseas. The locus of the story is 1185 Park Avenue. It is one of the buildings on the northern end of the avenue -- just before the train tracks mark the beginning of Harlem -- that wealthy Jewish families claimed as their own in the first half of the 20th century. Amidst the maids and the governesses and the doormen and the psychiatrists live the members of the Roth family, in Apartment 8C. They include an unfaithful father who uses his wife's fortune to entertain other women and play cards at his club; a misfit son who won't eat his food because he believes his parents are trying to poison him; a disappointed mother who waits all day for her five o'clock scotch and her crossword puzzle; and an eager daughter who tries to negotiate peace at the dinner table. Bound by custom and greed, as well as love, they stay together until their world at 1185 Park has done its damage. Only the daughter escapes whole -- to become the writer we now know as Anne Roiphe. 1185 Park Avenue is both a history of an era and a portrait of the artist as a young woman. Roiphe makes it impossible for us to view the 1940s and 1950s with unabashed nostalgia or to think the same way about the people who were crushed by its lies and deceptions. Her redemption, though bittersweet, stands as a haunting triumph long after we have turned the last page of her compelling story.
Download or read book Architects and Builders Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Architecture of Delano Aldrich written by Peter Pennoyer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The firm of Delano & Aldrich occupied a central place in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, substantially shaping the architectural climate of the period.
Download or read book The Preparation and Use of Historic Structure Reports written by Deborah Slaton and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the purpose of historic structure reports, describes their value to the preservation of significant historic properties, outlines how reports are commissioned and prepared, and recommends an organizational format for such reports.
Download or read book SoHo Cast Iron Historic District Designation Report written by New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book George Edward Blum written by Andrew D. Dolkart and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication reveals for the first time the singular contribution that the architects George & Edward Blum made to the design of the New York apartment building. The Blums' buildings, designed between 1910 & 1930, are superbly embellished with complex brick patterning & are highlighted by unusual detail in terra cotta & art tile. This book investigates the influence of Parisian design on the Blums' work & places their apartment houses within the larger context of residential development in New York City. It also explores the varied designs & innovative handling of decorative materials found in these in buildings.
Download or read book Historic District Designation in Pennsylvania written by Michel René Lefèvre and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preservation and the New Data Landscape written by Erica Avrami and published by Issues in Preservation Policy. This book was released on 2019 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how enhancing the collection, accuracy, and management of data can aid in identifying vulnerable neighborhoods, understanding the role of older buildings, and planning sustainable growth. For preservation to play a dynamic and inclusive role, policy must evolve beyond designation and regulation and use evidence-based research.
Download or read book Incredible New York written by Lloyd R. Morris and published by Ayer Publishing. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
