Author: Cynthia S. Brenwall
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683353188
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
A pictorial history of the development of New York City’s Central Park from conception to completion. Drawing on the unparalleled collection of original designs for Central Park in the New York City Municipal Archives, Cynthia S. Brenwall tells the story of the creation of New York’s great public park, from its conception to its completion. This treasure trove of material ranges from the original winning competition entry; to meticulously detailed maps; to plans and elevations of buildings, some built, some unbuilt; to elegant designs for all kinds of fixtures needed in a world of gaslight and horses; to intricate engineering drawings of infrastructure elements. Much of it has never been published before. A virtual time machine that takes the reader on a journey through the park as it was originally envisioned, The Central Park is both a magnificent art book and a message from the past about what brilliant urban planning can do for a great city.
The Central Park
Author: Cynthia S. Brenwall
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683353188
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
A pictorial history of the development of New York City’s Central Park from conception to completion. Drawing on the unparalleled collection of original designs for Central Park in the New York City Municipal Archives, Cynthia S. Brenwall tells the story of the creation of New York’s great public park, from its conception to its completion. This treasure trove of material ranges from the original winning competition entry; to meticulously detailed maps; to plans and elevations of buildings, some built, some unbuilt; to elegant designs for all kinds of fixtures needed in a world of gaslight and horses; to intricate engineering drawings of infrastructure elements. Much of it has never been published before. A virtual time machine that takes the reader on a journey through the park as it was originally envisioned, The Central Park is both a magnificent art book and a message from the past about what brilliant urban planning can do for a great city.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683353188
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
A pictorial history of the development of New York City’s Central Park from conception to completion. Drawing on the unparalleled collection of original designs for Central Park in the New York City Municipal Archives, Cynthia S. Brenwall tells the story of the creation of New York’s great public park, from its conception to its completion. This treasure trove of material ranges from the original winning competition entry; to meticulously detailed maps; to plans and elevations of buildings, some built, some unbuilt; to elegant designs for all kinds of fixtures needed in a world of gaslight and horses; to intricate engineering drawings of infrastructure elements. Much of it has never been published before. A virtual time machine that takes the reader on a journey through the park as it was originally envisioned, The Central Park is both a magnificent art book and a message from the past about what brilliant urban planning can do for a great city.
New York City Municipal Archives
Author: Aaron Goodwin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692620427
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Describes the vast l collections of New York City's official government archives.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692620427
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Describes the vast l collections of New York City's official government archives.
Efficient Municipal Archives System for New York City's Records
New York
Author: Ric Burns
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 059353414X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 849
Book Description
An expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York—with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations—that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city from its beginning in 1624 up to the current moment. The companion volume to the acclaimed PBS series. This landmark book traces the spectacular growth of New York from its initial settlement on the tip of Manhattan through the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War to its rise as the nation’s premier commercial capital and industrial center and as a magnet for immigrant hopes and dreams in the 19th century to its standing as a beacon of modern culture in the 20th century and as a worldwide symbol of resilience in the 21st century. The story continues here with new chapters delivering a sweeping portrait of New York at the dawn of the 21st century, when it emerged after decades of decline to assert its place at the very center of a new globalized culture. Here is a city challenged—indeed, sometimes shaken to its core—by a series of profound crises: the aftermath of 9/11, the continual struggle with racial injustice, the financial crisis of 2008, the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the still unfolding cataclysm of the COVID-19 pandemic—whose earliest and deadliest urban epicenter was New York itself. Here too is a lively portrait of the city’s vibrant street life and culture: the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gates in Central Park, the musicals of Broadway, the explosion in location filmmaking in every borough, the pivotal rise of the tech industry, and so much more. The history of this city—especially in the tumultuous and transformative two decades detailed in the new chapters—is an epic story of rebirth and growth, an astonishing transfiguration, still in progress, of the world’s first modern city into a model and prototype for the global city of the future.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 059353414X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 849
Book Description
An expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York—with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations—that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city from its beginning in 1624 up to the current moment. The companion volume to the acclaimed PBS series. This landmark book traces the spectacular growth of New York from its initial settlement on the tip of Manhattan through the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War to its rise as the nation’s premier commercial capital and industrial center and as a magnet for immigrant hopes and dreams in the 19th century to its standing as a beacon of modern culture in the 20th century and as a worldwide symbol of resilience in the 21st century. The story continues here with new chapters delivering a sweeping portrait of New York at the dawn of the 21st century, when it emerged after decades of decline to assert its place at the very center of a new globalized culture. Here is a city challenged—indeed, sometimes shaken to its core—by a series of profound crises: the aftermath of 9/11, the continual struggle with racial injustice, the financial crisis of 2008, the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the still unfolding cataclysm of the COVID-19 pandemic—whose earliest and deadliest urban epicenter was New York itself. Here too is a lively portrait of the city’s vibrant street life and culture: the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gates in Central Park, the musicals of Broadway, the explosion in location filmmaking in every borough, the pivotal rise of the tech industry, and so much more. The history of this city—especially in the tumultuous and transformative two decades detailed in the new chapters—is an epic story of rebirth and growth, an astonishing transfiguration, still in progress, of the world’s first modern city into a model and prototype for the global city of the future.
New York City Museum of Complaint
Author: New York (N.Y.). Municipal Archives
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783865217455
Category : Complaint letters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Letters.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783865217455
Category : Complaint letters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Letters.
Greater Gotham
Author: Mike Wallace
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195116356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1195
Book Description
Volume two of the world famous trilogy on the history of New York
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195116356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1195
Book Description
Volume two of the world famous trilogy on the history of New York
Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of Commissioners of the Central Park
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
York Old Records
New York Rises
Author: Eugene de Salignac
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Drawing from more than 20,000 glass-plate negatives and 10,000 vintage photographic prints, this large-format catalog features the work of Eugene de Salignac, official photographer of the New York City Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures from 1906 to 1945. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition of de Salignac's work at the Museum of the City of New York, it includes chapters on his photographs of city inspections, accidents, and the city's major bridges.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Drawing from more than 20,000 glass-plate negatives and 10,000 vintage photographic prints, this large-format catalog features the work of Eugene de Salignac, official photographer of the New York City Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures from 1906 to 1945. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition of de Salignac's work at the Museum of the City of New York, it includes chapters on his photographs of city inspections, accidents, and the city's major bridges.
Guide to the Records in the National Archives, Southeast Region
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description