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Title: Manhattan Skyscrapers by Eric Peter Nash, Norman McGrath ISBN: 1-56898-181-3 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent, but not definitive
Comment: I ordered this book after September 11th as a sort of timecapsule of the New York skyline and a historical record of the World Trade Center towers. The formatting of the book is nice, in chronological order by building, with equal background devoted to each building. There are wonderful pictures of every building, along with some building plans and surrounding area maps.
My biggest complaint is that this book devotes equal time to a lot of non-descript skyscrapers from the 1960's and 1970's that don't really add to the uniqueness of the NY skyline. Some of the architecture of that period is just drab and uninteresting. I would've liked to have seen more concentration on the earlier period of New York's building boom. I think more interior shots would round out this book. The book could also include at least another 50-75 buildings, which is why I don't feel that it's definitive.
That said, this is a nice book, well-formatted, which covers most of the landmark buildings in Manhattan, including the former World Trade Center towers and surrounding buildings.
Rating: 5
Summary: Only the Best
Comment: This book pin pointed some of Manhattan's most noticable and famous skyscrapers. From early century to 2000 this book covers it all. It starts of with the best early buildings mainly near cityhall. Then continues to the towers of wall street, these are the big bold towers weve come to know in the financial district, from the equitable building that is the reason for new york zoning to 1 bankers trust and it's magnificant zuggarat roof. It's full of pictures and info you can't find anywhere else. The book gets more exciting as time progresses, mentioning towers from the Empire State building to the short beakman plaza it's all there. Modern towers are characterized magnificently, at first describing the landmarks such as the lever, seagram, and the U.N. to latter discussing Manhattan's Mega Skyscrapers such as U.S. Steel, G.M., Chase, and Metlife mentioning the sucesses and failures of each tower. At the end it describes the boom in timesquare and other new skyscrapers which escape the box. I read every page with great excitement and recommend it to everyone, it's full of info from an architect's and historians point of view
Rating: 5
Summary: cool book
Comment: this book is very bad, it only covers 7.5 buildings! The only reason i'm giving it 5 stars is because it has more than 5 pages in it,and it has a pretty cover. he eh he he! This book is SO not good. heh eh eh he he heh!! I got tired of it right before i opened the stupid book! he h eh he he!! memorizing the dictionary would be more fun than even thinking about laying eyes on this dumb book!! HE HE HE HEHEH!!
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Title: Skyscraper Rivals by Daniel M. Abramson, Carol Willis ISBN: 1568982445 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Skyscrapers by Judith Dupre, Judith Dupre, Philip Johnson ISBN: 1884822452 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Chrysler Building by David Stravitz ISBN: 1568983549 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: 1,001 Skyscrapers by Eric Howeler, Jeannie Meejin Yoon ISBN: 1568982291 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Skyscrapers: The New Millennium by John Zukowsky, Martha Thorne ISBN: 3791323431 Publisher: Prestel USA Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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