Author: EDGAR. SALTUSPublisher:
ISBN: 9780282805142
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
NEW YORK FROM THE FLATIRON (CLASSIC REPRINT).
Author: EDGAR. SALTUSPublisher:
ISBN: 9780282805142
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Flatiron
Author: Peter Gwillim KreitlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Flatiron" documents one of the most photographed architectual landmarks of the twentieth century. It also records a labor of love--one man's fascination with a building and with its timeless appeal to photographers both famous and obscure.
The Flatiron
Author: Alice Sparberg AlexiouPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429923873
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
The marvelous story of the Flatiron: the instantly recognizable building that signaled the start of a new era in New York history. Critics hated it. The public feared it would topple over. Passersby were knocked down by the winds. But even before it was completed, the Flatiron Building had become an unforgettable part of New York City. The Flatiron Building was built by the Chicago-based Fuller Company--a group founded by George Fuller, "the father of the skyscraper"--to be their New York headquarters. The company's president, Harry Black, was never able to make the public call the Flatiron the Fuller Building, however. Black's was the country's largest real estate firm, constructing Macy's department store, and soon after the Plaza Hotel, the Savoy Hotel, and many other iconic buildings in New York as well as in other cities across the country. With an ostentatious lifestyle that drew constant media scrutiny, Black made a fortune only to meet a tragic, untimely end. In The Flatiron, Alice Sparberg Alexiou chronicles not just the story of the building but the heady times in New York at the dawn of the twentieth century. It was a time when Madison Square Park shifted from a promenade for rich women to one for gay prostitutes; when photography became an art; motion pictures came into existence; the booming economy suffered increasing depressions; jazz came to the forefront of popular music--and all within steps of one of the city's best-known and best-loved buildings.
Beaux-arts Architecture in New York
Author: Edmund Vincent GillonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486256986
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Discusses the Beaux-Arts style in architecture, and shows and describes examples among the hotels, banks, apartment buildings, museums, offices, and monuments of Manhattan
Manhattan (Classic Reprint)
Author: John Myers O'haraPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333487676
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Excerpt from Manhattan HE sun with sabre of illuming ame Has rent the storm, and out of darkness rise, In the belated are that strikes the skies, Colossal roofs like summits lost to fame, Or mountains heaped by Titans to reclaim The throne of Gods whose thunder still replies; A mighty bastion, lit for dream's surmise, Defying heaven with abortive aim. O shadowed marvel! Are thy peaks that fade A vision or a verity sublime? Thy promontories, where the storm delayed, Illusion's dream or the long boast of time? The ultimate shaft of sunset disappears, And leaves the night no answer from the years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
That's New York! (Classic Reprint)
Author: Morris MarkeyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267575145
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Excerpt from That's New York! These Irishmen did not care greatly about killing each other. The sound of a hearty smash against a flaming thatch was happiness enough. Pistols were expensive and money was scarce, and since politics was the chief reason for fighting at all, the actual death of one's enemy was not considered essential. F re quently they contented themselves with the use of their fists. As for their effect on society at large, the Irishmen were not particularly bad. Their crime was burglary, simple burglary, and they Were not very good at it. In actual money, they did not cost the community very much. And in at least one respect they were praiseworthy. In the draft riots of the Civil War, two of the big gangs threw their lot with the police, and found vast delight in socking the heads of draft dodgers who showed inclination to resist when the police came after them. Toward the beginning of the century, the Italian immigration began. The newcomers were a little poorer than the Irish, who had been here for a time, and consequently there was an economic push against the Irish occupation of the lower East Side. The Italians crowded into that region, drove the Irish out, and started up their own gangs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0300169019
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
"This volume is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from November 10, 2010, to April 10, 2011."
Small Change, Or Lights and Shades of New York (Classic Reprint)
Author: Harry H. MarksPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267961979
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Excerpt from Small Change, or Lights and Shades of New York The sketches published in this volumne depict some of the most interesting phases of life in New York, as seen by a news paper reporter. Several have appeared in the columns of the N. 7. World, the Chicago 7737263, the Illustrated Weekly and other journals with which the author was formerly connected. They are now presented to the public for the first time in book form, the'publishers behaving that they are worthy of more enduring favor than usually attaches to newspaper articles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Battle of New York
Author: William O. StoddardPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331022278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Excerpt from The Battle of New York: A Story for All Young People HE bayonets gleamed brightly in the sun, as their steady rows came up the avenue. A strong squad of blue-coated policemen marched in advance to clear the way, and behind them marched the band. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Charcoals of New and Old New York
Author: F. Hopkinson SmithPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331563136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Excerpt from Charcoals of New and Old New York: Pictures and d104 All along the Spine and flanks of this Reptile of Gneiss tormenting men dig and bore and blast: driving tunnels through its Vitals; scoop ing holes for sub-cellars five floors under ground; running water pipes and gas mains; puncturing its skin with hypodermics of steam; weight ing it with skyscrapers, the dismal streets below dark as sunless ravines; plastering its sides with grass bordered by asphalt into which scraggly shrubs are stuck - and as a crowning indignity criss-crossing its backbone with centipedes of steel, highways for endless puffing trains belching heat and gas. This has been going on in constantly increasing malevolence since the Dutch landed, and will continue to go on until three or four, or per haps six, brand-new cities, each one exactly above the other, are piled on top of the poor beast. What will happen then, especially if it loses all patience and some fine morning gives an angry shiver, as would an old horse shaking, off flies, a lucky survivor near the Golden Gate may know, but no one questions that it would be unpleasant for the flies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.