Author: George Ashton BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government purchasing of real property
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The History of Municipal Ownership of Land on Manhattan Island
Author: George Ashton BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government purchasing of real property
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The History of Municipal Ownership of Land on Manhattan Island to the Beginning of Sales by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund in 1844
Author: George Ashton BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The History of Municipal Ownership of Land on Manhattan Island
Author: George Ashton BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Real property
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The iconography of Manhattan Island
Author: I.N. Phelps StokesPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5871799507
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 807
Book Description
The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 compiled from original sources and illustrated by photo-intaglio reproductions of important maps, plans, views, and documents in public and private collections
The History of Municipal Ownership of Land on Manhattan Island
Author: George Ashton BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Real property
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Building the Skyline
Author: Jason M. BarrPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199344388
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form? Much has been written about the city's architecture and its general history, but little work has explored the economic forces that created the skyline. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles the economic history of the Manhattan skyline. In the process, he debunks some widely held misconceptions about the city's history. Starting with Manhattan's natural and geological history, Barr moves on to how these formations influenced early land use and the development of neighborhoods, including the dense tenement neighborhoods of Five Points and the Lower East Side, and how these early decisions eventually impacted the location of skyscrapers built during the Skyscraper Revolution at the end of the 19th century. Barr then explores the economic history of skyscrapers and the skyline, investigating the reasons for their heights, frequencies, locations, and shapes. He discusses why skyscrapers emerged downtown and why they appeared three miles to the north in midtown-but not in between the two areas. Contrary to popular belief, this was not due to the depths of Manhattan's bedrock, nor the presence of Grand Central Station. Rather, midtown's emergence was a response to the economic and demographic forces that were taking place north of 14th Street after the Civil War. Building the Skyline also presents the first rigorous investigation of the causes of the building boom during the Roaring Twenties. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the boom was largely a rational response to the economic growth of the nation and city. The last chapter investigates the value of Manhattan Island and the relationship between skyscrapers and land prices. Finally, an Epilogue offers policy recommendations for a resilient and robust future skyline.
The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel, Jr., Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor
Author: Marguerite HollowayPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393089800
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
"Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway’s biography tells his life with great skill." —Steve Weinberg, USA Today John Randel Jr. (1787–1865) was an eccentric and flamboyant surveyor. Renowned for his inventiveness as well as for his bombast and irascibility, Randel was central to Manhattan’s development but died in financial ruin. Telling Randel’s engrossing and dramatic life story for the first time, this eye-opening biography introduces an unheralded pioneer of American engineering and mapmaking. Charged with “gridding” what was then an undeveloped, hilly island, Randel recorded the contours of Manhattan down to the rocks on its shores. He was obsessed with accuracy and steeped in the values of the Enlightenment, in which math and science promised dominion over nature. The result was a series of maps, astonishing in their detail and precision, which undergird our knowledge about the island today. During his varied career Randel created surveying devices, designed an early elevated subway, and proposed a controversial alternative route for the Erie Canal—winning him admirers and enemies. The Measure of Manhattan is more than just the life of an unrecognized engineer. It is about the ways in which surveying and cartography changed the ground beneath our feet. Bringing Randel’s story into the present, Holloway travels with contemporary surveyors and scientists trying to envision Manhattan as a wild island once again. Illustrated with dozens of historical images and antique maps, The Measure of Manhattan is an absorbing story of a fascinating man that captures the era when Manhattan—indeed, the entire country—still seemed new, the moment before canals and railroads helped draw a grid across the American landscape.
Municipal Affairs
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Devoted to the consideration of city problems from the steadpoint of the taxpayer and citizen.
The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909
Author: Isaac Newton Phelps StokesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
The Economic Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Contains papers that appeal to a broad and global readership in all fields of economics.