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New York Rising : : an Illustrated History From the Durst Collection

Ascher, Kate. Book - 2018 974.71 As 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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Laying the groundwork 1640-1800 -- The formative years 1800-1860 -- The rise of the apartment 1860-1930 -- Moving the people 1880-1950 -- The evolution of the skyscraper 1890-1930 -- Housing the people 1930-1970 -- The making of Midtown 1930-1980 -- Urban renewal 1950-1980 -- Remaking lower Manhattan 1960-1980 -- Remaking Times Square 1980-2000.
"New York Rising presents a broad survey of real estate development in Manhattan, from the first European settlement in the seventeenth century through the skyscrapers and large-scale urban planning schemes of the late twentieth century, illustrated with images drawn largely from the rich archival resources of the Durst Collection at Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University"--Dust jacket.

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