Author: Ithiel TownPublisher:
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Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A Description of Ithiel Town's Improvement in the Principle, Construction, and Practical Execution of Bridges, for Roads, Railroads, and Aqueducts
Author: Ithiel TownA Description of Ithiel Town's Improvement in the Principle, Construction, and Practical Execution of Bridges, for Roads, Railroads, and Aqueducts ... Also Critical Remarks ... with Practical and Scientific Remarks and Observations
Author: Ithiel TownAppleton's Library Manual
Author: D. Appleton and Co. (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Appleton's Library Manual
Author: Daniel APPLETON (AND CO.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Appleton's Library Manual
Author: D. Appleton and CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Appletons' Library Manual
Author: Some Account and Description of Ithiel Town's Improvement in the Construction and Practical Execution of Bridges, Aqueducts and Rail Road Bridges, Whether Built Entirely of Wood, Or of Cast Or Wrought Iron
Author: Ithiel TownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aqueducts
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Architecture of Downtown Troy
Author: Diana S. WaitePublisher: Rensselaer County Historical Society
ISBN: 143847475X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Winner of the 2021 Antoinette Forrester Downing Book Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians Winner of the 2020 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award presented by the Preservation League of New York State Located about 150 miles north of Manhattan, on the east bank of the Hudson River, the city of Troy, New York, was once an industrial giant. It led the nation in iron production throughout much of the nineteenth century, and its factories turned out bells and cast-iron stoves that were sold the world over. Its population was both enterprising and civic-minded. Along with Troy's economic success came the public, commercial, educational, residential, and religious buildings to prove it. Stores, banks, churches, firehouses, and schools, both modest and sophisticated, sprouted up in the latest architectural styles, creating a lively and fashionable downtown. Row houses and brownstones for the middle class and the wealthy rivaled those in Brooklyn and Manhattan. By the mid-twentieth century, however, Troy had dwindled in both prominence and population. Downtown stagnated, leaving building facades and interiors untouched, often for decades. A late-blooming urban-renewal program demolished many blocks of buildings, but preservationists fought back. Today, reinvestment is accelerating, and Troy now boasts what the New York Times has called "one of the most perfectly preserved nineteenth-century downtowns in the United States." This book tells the stories behind the many handsome and significant buildings in downtown Troy and how they were designed and constructed—stories that have never been pulled together before. For the first time in generations, scores of Troy buildings are again linked with their architects, some local but others from out of town (the "starchitects" of their day) and even from Europe. In addition to numerous historic images, the book also includes contemporary photographs by local photographer Gary Gold. This book will inform, delight, and surprise readers, thereby helping to build an educated constituency for the preservation of an important American city.
Early Printed Books, 1478-1840
Author: British Architectural Library. Early Imprints CollectionPublisher: De Gruyter Saur
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Author: