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Building the Skyline

Author : Jason M. Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199344388
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Building the Skyline written by Jason M. Barr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

High Steel

Author : Jim Rasenberger
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061746754
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book High Steel written by Jim Rasenberger and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful first-hand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers. From the early days of steel construction in Chicago, through the great boom years of New York city ironwork, and up through the present, High Steel follows the trajectory of careers inextricably linked to both great accomplishment and catastrophic disaster. The personal stories reveal the lives of ironworkers and the dangers they face as they walk across the windswept, swaying summits of tomorrow's skyscrapers, balanced on steel girders sometimes only six inches wide. Rasenberger explores both the greatest accomplishments of ironwork—the vaulting bridges and towers that define America's skyline—and the deadliest disasters, such as the Quebec Bridge Collapse of 1907, when 75 ironworkers, including 33 Mohawk Indians, fell to their deaths. High Steel is an accessible, thrilling, and vertiginous portrait of the lives of some of our most brave yet unrecognized men.

Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934

Author : Thomas Leslie
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094794
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 written by Thomas Leslie and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought architectural progress to a standstill. During this time, such iconic landmarks as the Chicago Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, the Marshall Field and Company Building, the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Palmolive Building, the Masonic Temple, the City Opera, Merchandise Mart, and many others rose to impressive new heights, thanks to innovations in building methods and materials. Solid, earthbound edifices of iron, brick, and stone made way for towers of steel and plate glass, imparting a striking new look to Chicago's growing urban landscape. Thomas Leslie reveals the daily struggles, technical breakthroughs, and negotiations that produced these magnificent buildings. He also considers how the city's infamous political climate contributed to its architecture, as building and zoning codes were often disputed by shifting networks of rivals, labor unions, professional organizations, and municipal bodies. Featuring more than a hundred photographs and illustrations of the city's physically impressive and beautifully diverse architecture, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871–1934 highlights an exceptionally dynamic, energetic period of architectural progress in Chicago.

A Short History of London

Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241985366
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of London written by Simon Jenkins and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Fascinating and timely. Required reading for every developer, planner or councillor who holds London in trust today' Griff Rhys Jones 'Accessible, clear and readable' Rowan Moore, The Observer ________________________ LONDON: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This unremarkable place - not even included in the Domesday Book - became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of Georgian splendour. It swelled with industry and became the centre of the largest empire in history. And rising from the rubble of the Blitz, it is now one of the greatest cities in the world. From the prehistoric occupants of the Thames valley to the preoccupied commuters of today, Simon Jenkins brings together the key events, individuals and trends in London's history to create a matchless portrait of the capital. ________________________ 'A vivid and deeply well-informed account of London's history' Charles Saumarez Smith, Professor of Cultural History, Queen Mary University of London 'Extremely informative and witty' Roy Porter, author of London: A Social History on Landlords to London 'A short, invigorating gallop over two and a half thousand years' Scotsman on A Short History of Europe

Form Follows Finance

Author : Carol Willis
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568980447
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Form Follows Finance written by Carol Willis and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to standard histories that counterpose the design philosophies of the Chicago and New York "schools," Form Follows Finance shows how market formulas produced characteristic forms in each city - "vernaculars of capitalism" - that resulted from local land-use patterns, municipal codes, and zoning. Refuting some common cliches of skyscraper history such as the equation of big buildings with big business and the idea of a "corporate skyline," this book emphasizes the importance of speculative development and the impact of real estate cycles on the forms of buildings.

The Empire State Building

Author : John Tauranac
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801471095
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Empire State Building written by John Tauranac and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Empire State Building is the landmark book on one of the world’s most notable landmarks. Since its publication in 1995, John Tauranac’s book, focused on the inception and construction of the building, has stood as the most comprehensive account of the structure. Moreover, it is far more than a work in architectural history; Tauranac tells a larger story of the politics of urban development in and through the interwar years. In a new epilogue to the Cornell edition, Tauranac highlights the continuing resonance and influence of the Empire State Building in the rapidly changing post-9/11 cityscape.

Skylines of New York

Author : Richard Berenholtz
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0789341484
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Skylines of New York written by Richard Berenholtz and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed photographer Richard Berenholtz's brilliant portfolio of New York City skyline photographs. For thirty-five years, best-selling photographer Richard Berenholtz has captured the iconic skylines of New York and all of its buildings and bridges. Skylines of New York wonderfully showcases the city that never sleeps in grand style with this collection of 75 breathtaking skyline images. From the tip of Lower Manhattan, Battery Park, the Statue of Liberty, and the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park and the Hudson River--and dozens of locations in between--every well-known NYC site is featured here. To really bring the Big Apple home, some of the city's most memorable skyline panoramas are featured on gatefold pages that open to two-and-a-half feet wide. Designed in a handsome yet affordable package, Skylines of New York is the perfect gift for all who love New York.

The Future of the City

Author : Kheir Al-Kodmany
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1845644107
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book The Future of the City written by Kheir Al-Kodmany and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the experience of several cities from different parts of the world, this text provides a global perspective on the urbanization phenomenon and tall building development, and examines their underlying logic, design drivers, contextual relationships and pitfalls.

Skyscraper

Author : Benjamin Flowers
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812202600
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Skyscraper written by Benjamin Flowers and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-02-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Nowhere in the world is there a greater concentration of significant skyscrapers than in New York City. And though this iconographic American building style has roots in Chicago, New York is where it has grown into such a powerful reflection of American commerce and culture. In Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century, Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape. Flowers narrates this modern tale by closely examining the creation and reception of three significant sites: the Empire State Building, the Seagram Building, and the World Trade Center. He demonstrates how architects and their clients employed a diverse range of modernist styles to engage with and influence broader cultural themes in American society: immigration, the Cold War, and the rise of American global capitalism. Skyscraper explores the various wider meanings associated with this architectural form as well as contemporary reactions to it across the critical spectrum. Employing a broad array of archival sources, such as corporate records, architects' papers, newspaper ads, and political cartoons, Flowers examines the personal, political, cultural, and economic agendas that motivate architects and their clients to build ever higher. He depicts the American saga of commerce, wealth, and power in the twentieth century through their most visible symbol, the skyscraper.

Skyscraper

Author : Karl Sabbagh
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780140152845
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book Skyscraper written by Karl Sabbagh and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skyscraper provides an intriguing "through-the-fence" look at the creation of a real skyscraper, Worldwide Plaza in New York City. Covering every aspect of the process, this fascinating book demonstrates the intricate interplay of science and technology, art and craftsmanship, finance and politics that results in a skyscraper. 16 pages of full-color photography.

Skyline 1

Author : Simon Brewster
Publisher : MACMILLAN
ISBN 13 : 9780333926543
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Skyline 1 written by Simon Brewster and published by MACMILLAN. This book was released on 2001 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skyline is a five-level programme for any young adult learner. It takes learners from beginner to upper intermediate levels, leaving them ready to embark on a TOEFL preparation course. Skyline's range of flexible, easy-to-use materials makes it simple for teachers to create a course for any teaching situation. The programme includes: student's books; workbooks; interleaved teacher's guides; test disks; resource packs; student's book cassettes/audio CDs; song cassettes/audio CDs; videos; video activity books; and a website.

Building the Empire State

Author : Donald Friedman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393730302
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Building the Empire State written by Donald Friedman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructed in 11 months, the Empire State Building was a marvel of modern engineering. Its frame rose more than a story a day--no comparable building since has managed that rate of ascent. In "Building the Empire State", a rediscovered 1930s notebook charts the construction of this crowning achievement. Illustrations.

Skyscraper Dreams

Author : Tom Shachtman
Publisher : Dissertation.com
ISBN 13 : 9780595163601
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Skyscraper Dreams written by Tom Shachtman and published by Dissertation.com. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fascinating history, showing how the city has been molded by the edifice complexes of risk-takers. The stuff of grand comedy." -Business Week

Celluloid Skyline

Author : James Sanders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780747559795
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Celluloid Skyline written by James Sanders and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of two cities, both called 'New York'. The first is a real city, an urban agglomeration of millions. The second is a mythic city, so rich in memory and association and sense of place that to people everywhere it has come to seem real: the New York of films such as 42nd Street, Rear Window, King Kong, Dead End, The Naked City, Ghostbusters, Annie Hall, Taxi Driver, and Do the Right Thing. The dream city of the movies - created by more than a century of films, since the very dawn of the medium itself - may hold the secret to the glamour of its real counterpart. Here are the cocktail parties and power lunches, the subway chases and opening nights, the playground rumbles and observation-deck romances. Here is an invented Gotham, a place designed specifically for action, drama, and adventure, a city of bright avenues and mysterious sidestreets, of soaring towers and intimate corners, where remarkable people do exciting, amusing, romantic, scary things. Sanders takes the reader from the tenement to the penthouse, from New York to Hollywood and back again, from 1896 to the present, all the while showing how the real and mythic cities reflected, changed, and taught each other.

Skyline

Author : Gene Fowler
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Skyline written by Gene Fowler and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1961 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memories of the newsrooms of the "New York American" and the "Morning Telegraph" of the 1920s, recalling some of the personalities the author encountered.

All the Buildings in New York

Author : James Gulliver Hancock
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0789324679
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book All the Buildings in New York written by James Gulliver Hancock and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charmingly illustrated journey through New York City, neighborhood by neighborhood. All the Buildings in New York is a love letter to New York City, told through James Gulliver Hancock’s unique and charming drawings of the city’s diverse architectural styles and cityscape. His buildings are colorful and chock full of fun and offbeat details, and this book is full of new discoveries as well as old chestnuts for anyone who loves the Big Apple. Organized by neighborhoods, the book features iconic New York buildings, such as the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and Flatiron Building, as well as the everyday buildings that make up New York City—the boutique shops in SoHo, timeless brownstones in Brooklyn, and rows of busy markets in Chinatown. New Yorkers and tourists alike will savor this one-of-a-kind volume that uniquely celebrates the energy and spirit of the city that never sleeps.

High Rise

Author : Jerry Adler
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Rise written by Jerry Adler and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweat and genius of the men and women who possessed them. How did it happen? High Rise is the unprecedented account of how money, art, passion, politics, and machinery come together to put a building in the ground, and in the skyline of the world's most fascinating, complex, and impossible city. Jerry Adler, a veteran journalist, saw it all happen, and through him we come to know the astonishing cast of characters who conceived and built it: the most famous architects,