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Book Synopsis New York Water Towers by : Ronnie Farley
Download or read book New York Water Towers written by Ronnie Farley and published by Antique Collector's Club. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think of the movies, think of any photographic image of the New York skyline and there will undoubtedly be water towers; features that are as much a recognisable part of the city as the yellow taxi cabs and the street signs. Ronnie Farley has documented these New York monoliths for over 20 years from every angle and time of day; a beautifully photographed and original collection.
Book Synopsis Water Towers New York City by : Paolo Nigris
Download or read book Water Towers New York City written by Paolo Nigris and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of photographs of the water towers of New York City are not only a tribute to these iconic structures of the city’s landscape, but also a pretext to explore hidden details of its architecture. Rooftop water towers are an unique opportunity to experiment with shapes, forms and textures, a frequent component of my photographic quest. Inspired by famous paintings like Edward Hopper’s “Rooftop” (1926), and by the ever changing architectural scene, I focused my attention on the cylindrical wooded structures and framed them with the surrounding buildings. This a is a collection of many years of walking the streets of New York with my camera.Water is our most precious natural resource. New York City’s skyline is dotted with wooden water towers, the result of a 19th century’s law requiring all buildings taller than six stories to be equipped with a rooftop water tank. This was necessary to prevent the need for excessively high pressures at lower elevations, which could burst pipes. Pressure in the city’s pipes can take water up only about half a dozen stories, so a higher building needs either a pumping system or a system of tanks. A water tower seemed like the better solution, since it also provides emergency storage for fire protection. A water tower store 25,000 to 50,000 liters of water until it is needed in the building below. The upper portion of water is skimmed off the top for everyday use while the water in the bottom of the tower is held in reserve to fight fire. When the water drops below a certain level, a pressure switch, level switch or float valve activate a pump or open a public water line to refill the water tower. Even today, no sealant is used to hold the water in. The wooden walls are held together with cables but leak through the gaps when first filled. As the water saturates, the wood swells, the gaps close and the tank become impermeable.
Book Synopsis Water Towers of New York Exhibition Edition Jeremy G. Landau, Photography by : Jeremy G.
Download or read book Water Towers of New York Exhibition Edition Jeremy G. Landau, Photography written by Jeremy G. and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 10,000 Water Towers dot the skyline of New York City, used & maintained as part of the city water system since the mid-1800's.Water Towers of New York, the exhibition catalogue is a limited edition, 40-page photographic essay of over 50-images highlighting these neighborhood treasures with views from every angle and height. Replete with historical essays & contemporary information, the book is ideal for the urban anthropologist, photographic collector, or as a gift for water tower enthusiasts.
Download or read book Mirror Mirrored written by Corwin Levi and published by Uzzlepye Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grimms’ fairy tales, originally collected in 1812, are a timeless chronicle of the possibilities our lives all have, and the full range of human nature. The stories remain just as relevant today as when they were first published over 200 years ago. To introduce these tales to a new generation, Uzzlepye Press presents Mirror Mirrored: An Artists' Edition of 25 Grimms' Tales, a special visual edition of 25 of the stories. It includes not only almost 2,000 vintage Grimms' illustrations remixed into the book alongside the story texts, but also work from 28 contemporary artists visually reimagining these stories.
Download or read book Secret Brooklyn written by Michelle Young and published by Editions Jonglez. This book was released on 2019 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let Secret Brooklyn guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Brooklyn guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing borough. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike
Book Synopsis The Chicago Water Tower by : John F. Hogan
Download or read book The Chicago Water Tower written by John F. Hogan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contaminated drinking water killed thousands of Chicago's original citizens, so the city took the unprecedented step of digging a tunnel two miles long and 30 feet below lake bottom. Since the facilities on shore included an unsightly 138-foot vertical pipe, famed architect William Boyington concealed it with a limestone, castle-like tower that soon became a celebrated landmark. Through the first 150 years of its existence, Chicago's iconic Water Tower has survived the Great Fire-the only public structure in the burn zone to do so-and at least four attempts at demolition. John Hogan pays tribute to the beloved monument that accompanied the evolution of Michigan Avenue from cowpath to Magnificent Mile.
Download or read book Water Towers of New York City written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History, with Images in 3D by : Jeffrey I. Richman
Download or read book Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History, with Images in 3D written by Jeffrey I. Richman and published by Bauer and Dean Publishers. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building the Brooklyn Bridge reminds us of the historic importance of this iconic bridge that was once considered the eighth wonder of the world. It opened up development across the East River and made travel between the two independent cities of Brooklyn and New York quicker and more reliable; especially once the bridge railway was fully operational in September 1883, four months after the bridge's opening. Historian Jeffrey Richman describes in engaging detail how the Brooklyn Bridge was built over fourteen years and clearly explains the function of each of its parts, from the anchorages to the massive cables. The story of the construction is also told through 255 remarkable images, many never before published, including 44 images in 3D, specially created for this book. These historic photographs, woodcuts, color lithographs, and engineering drawings take us back in time to when all of America, and much of the world, watched with excitement as a singular bridge of unprecedented size and technology was built over one of the busiest waterways in the world. The book illuminates long-forgotten details and presents the bridge as the engineering marvel that it is-one that still elicits awe and admiration. This is an incredible journey back in time to when all of America-and much of the world-excitedly watched as the Brooklyn Bridge was being built. Reading the book will be a real treat to anyone who has ever stepped onto this beloved icon and been moved by its majesty. A pair of 3D glasses is included with every copy of the book.
Book Synopsis Never Built New York by : Greg Goldin
Download or read book Never Built New York written by Greg Goldin and published by DAP/Distributed Art Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on the success of Never Built Los Angeles (Metropolis Books, 2013), authors Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell now turn their eye to New York City. New York towers among world capitals, but the city we know might have reached even more stellar heights, or burrowed into more destructive depths, had the ideas pictured in the minds of its greatest dreamers progressed beyond the drawing board and taken form in stone, steel, and glass. What is wonderfully elegant and grand might easily have been ingloriously grandiose; what is blandly unremarkable, equally, might have become delightfully provocative or humanely inspiring. The ambitious schemes gathered here tell the story of a different skyline and a different sidewalk alike. Nearly 200 ambitious proposals spanning 200 years encompass bridges, skyscrapers, master plans, parks, transit schemes, amusements, airports, plans to fill in rivers and extend Manhattan, and much, much more. Included are alternate visions for such landmarks as Central Park, Columbus Circle, Lincoln Center, MoMA, the U.N., Grand Central Station and the World Trade Centre site, among many others sites. Fact-filled and entertaining texts, as well as sketches, renderings, prints, and models drawn from archives all across the New York metropolitan region tell stories of a new New York, one that surely would have changed the way we inhabit and move through the city.
Download or read book Twin Towers written by Angus K. Gillespie and published by Thorndike Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique history that covers the complete life of the Twin Towers: the sky-high hopes during their planning and construction, the years during which they stood at the pinnacle of the Manhattan skyline, their symbolic meaning to the city, the nation, and the world-and, in a new chapter written for this edition, their heartbreaking demise on September 11, 2001. The New York Times bestseller-now with photographs and a new updated chapter.
Download or read book Godless written by Pete Hautman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why mess around with Catholicism when you can have your own customized religion?" Fed up with his parents' boring old religion, agnostic-going-on-atheist Jason Bock invents a new god -- the town's water tower. He recruits an unlikely group of worshippers: his snail-farming best friend, Shin, cute-as-a-button (whatever that means) Magda Price, and the violent and unpredictable Henry Stagg. As their religion grows, it takes on a life of its own. While Jason struggles to keep the faith pure, Shin obsesses over writing their bible, and the explosive Henry schemes to make the new faith even more exciting -- and dangerous. When the Chutengodians hold their first ceremony high atop the dome of the water tower, things quickly go from merely dangerous to terrifying and deadly. Jason soon realizes that inventing a religion is a lot easier than controlling it, but control it he must, before his creation destroys both his friends and himself.
Book Synopsis Skyline Sentinels: Water Towers of New York Jeremy G. Landau Photography and Essays by : Jeremy G. Landau
Download or read book Skyline Sentinels: Water Towers of New York Jeremy G. Landau Photography and Essays written by Jeremy G. Landau and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW/COMPACT EDITION: The definitive book on all things water tower in New York City, from the 1800's to the present. Over 100 fine art photographs, urban anthropology - tales and history of what makes the water towers what they are today. A Behind the scenes glimpse of what people often do not see & know as well as rare images of these essential treasures.
Book Synopsis Water Tower, High Bridge Park Opposite Amsterdam Avenue at West 173rd Street, Borough of Manhattan by : New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission
Download or read book Water Tower, High Bridge Park Opposite Amsterdam Avenue at West 173rd Street, Borough of Manhattan written by New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fantastic Water Towers by : Dennis James De Witt
Download or read book Fantastic Water Towers written by Dennis James De Witt and published by Dennis J. De Witt. This book was released on 2017 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains set of fantastic water tower designs and their companion water pumping stations. It dates from the era when municipally supplied water was relatively new - Boston's first municipal water system had been inaugurated to joyous temperance celebrations just fifty years earlier. It was also the era of the City Beautiful Movement - the year when the fabulous urban vision of Chicago's Columbian World's Fair drew over 27 million visitors. And it was an era when architects could really draw. In December of 1889 a relatively new weekly journal: The Engineering and Building Record. Announced a design competition for Water Towers and pumping stations. Its publisher, Major Henry C. Meyer, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, had hired Charles Frederick Wingate, who knew nothing about engineering but was well connected in both literary and social reform circles, including with the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor and Jacob Riis, author of How the Other Half Lives. In 1879, under Wingate's guidance, Major Meyer's journal had initiated a design competition for an improved version of New York's notorious tenement buildings. It received over 200 entries and that same year lead to the passage of a tenement reform act. In 1880 it held a competition for a model school house. This also received nearly two hundred submissions, which were judged according on: "convenience of arrangement;" "security against fire and facility of egress;" "lighting, heating and ventilation;" and "sanitary appointments." Independently, honorable mentions were awarded for "architectural merit." In June 1889 it published a lengthy illustrated article on Boston's Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station. That December it announced two competitions. One offered a prize for "essays on road construction and maintenance," reflecting the growing "Good Roads Movement." The other competition arose from the Chestnut Hill article and reflected a City Beautiful sensibility. It specifically expressed concern about the appearance of water towers in prominent elevated locations as being potentially "offensive to the eyes of this and future generations." and noted that the "necessary isolation and elevation of these buildings" suggested their sites as pleasure grounds." Anticipating that many municipal water systems might be privately owned, it also suggested that good design could be a requirement for being awarded a franchise. There were seventeen winning and honorable mention submissions created at a moment of transition for a new building type that had hardly existed before in the U.S. First published over the course of several years in Major Meyer's journal, in 1893 these designs were published together in book form. This volume reassembles those drawings as originally intended, together with brief notes on the context of their creation both in the U.S. and in Europe, and touches upon the later careers of their designers, some of whom became well known and most of whom were professionally successful.
Download or read book The Works written by Kate Ascher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating guided tour of the ways things work in a modern city “It's a rare person who won't find something of interest in The Works, whether it's an explanation of how a street-sweeper works or the view of what's down a manhole.” —New York Post Have you ever wondered how the water in your faucet gets there? Where your garbage goes? What the pipes under city streets do? How bananas from Ecuador get to your local market? Why radiators in apartment buildings clang? Using New York City as its point of reference, The Works takes readers down manholes and behind the scenes to explain exactly how an urban infrastructure operates. Deftly weaving text and graphics, author Kate Ascher explores the systems that manage water, traffic, sewage and garbage, subways, electricity, mail, and much more. Full of fascinating facts and anecdotes, The Works gives readers a unique glimpse at what lies behind and beneath urban life in the twenty-first century.
Book Synopsis Privately Owned Public Space by : Jerold S. Kayden
Download or read book Privately Owned Public Space written by Jerold S. Kayden and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-11-10 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New York - wie auch in vielen anderen Großstädten - wächst die Zahl der öffentlichen Plätze, die Privatpersonen gehören und auch privat betrieben werden. Als Gegenleistung für die Schaffung dieser Plätze und Einrichtungen, erhalten die Erbauer von der Stadt Sonderkonzessionen (in der Regel für die Gebäudehöhe). Dieses Buch dokumentiert und beschreibt anhand von Fotos, Lageplänen und Karten über 300 öffentliche Plätze in New York, die in privater Hand sind. Zu den bekanntesten zählen u.a. das Trump Tower Atrium, die Sony Arkade und die Citicorp Mall. Jede Beschreibung enthält Informationen zu Größe, Fertigstellungsdatum, Architekten/Landschaftsarchitekten, Gebäudeeigentümer, Öffnungszeiten und Lage. Zu den Abbildungen gehört jeweils ein Foto sowie eine maßstabsgetreue Zeichnung, die verdeutlichen, wie sich der Bau in die angrenzende Gebäude-/Straßenlandschaft einpaßt. (y05/00)
Book Synopsis The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910 by : Esther Crain
Download or read book The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910 written by Esther Crain and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustrated hardcover. In forty short years, New York City suddenly became a city of skyscrapers, subways, streetlights, and Central Park, as well as sprawling bridges that connected the once-distant boroughs. In Manhattan, more than a million poor immigrants crammed into tenements, while the half of the millionaires in the entire country lined Fifth Avenue with their opulent mansions. The Gilded Age in New York captures what is was like to live in Gotham then, to be a daily witness to the city's rapid evolution. Newspapers, autobiographies, and personal diaries offer fascinating glimpses into daily life among the rich, the poor, and the surprisingly large middle class. The use of photography and illustrated periodicals provides astonishing images that document the bigness of New York: the construction of the Statue of Liberty; the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge; the shimmering lights of Luna Park in Coney Island; the mansions of Millionaire's Row. Sidebars detail smaller, fleeting moments: Alice Vanderbilt posing proudly in her "Electric Light" ball gown at a society-changing masquerade ball; immigrants stepping off the boat at Ellis Island; a young Theodore Roosevelt witnessing Abraham Lincoln's funeral. The Gilded Age in New York is a rare illustrated look at this amazing time in both the city and the country as a whole. Author Esther Crain, the go-to authority on the era, weaves first-hand accounts and fascinating details into a vivid tapestry of American society at the turn of the century. Praise for New-York Historical Society New York City in 3D In The Gilded Age, also by Esther Crain: "Vividly captures the transformation from cityscape of horse carriages and gas lamps 'bursting with beauty, power and possibilities' as it staggered into a skyscraping Imperial City." -- Sam Roberts, The New York Times "Get a glimpse of Edith Wharton's world." -- Entertainment Weekly Must List "What better way to revisit this rich period . . ?" -- Library Journal
