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Title: The Chrysler Building by David Stravitz ISBN: 1-56898-354-9 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The glory of Van Alen's frivolity
Comment: Author David Stravitz wisely bought over five hundred, soon to be destroyed, negatives in 1979. They pictured New York in the 1920s and 30s and in particular one hundred and fifty showed the day by day construction of the Chrysler Building. Over a hundred of them are reproduced in this stunning book. Taken by commercial photographers Peyser & Patzig, most likely as a record for the contractor Fred Ley, they show the building as a hole in the ground on November nine 1929 to the completion of the annex in January nine 1931.
There is something about pre-war photos, perhaps the chemicals used on glass plates or the type of paper used for the black and white prints but whatever, old photos seem to have a richness of texture that enhances their appearance and you certainly notice this in these pictures. As well as their quality (don't forget this was straightforward commercial photo assignment) there is plenty to see of the building construction, what is going on in the surrounding streets and several panoramas of mid-town Manhattan taken from the Chrysler Building, including a dramatic four-page gatefold.
This is the sort of detail you'll see, pages eight and nine show the empty building site (taken on November nine) and traffic on three sides, turn the page to see a photo (November seventeen) showing dozens of male spectators looking down on the building site, now full of working construction equipment, traffic and a newsstand has appeared on a corner, by December one this newsstand has become a hut and incorporated into the fencing that now runs round the site. After the exterior, the cameraman went inside to capture the lovely deco detailing.
In the back of the book there are thumbnails and captions for the photos. Page 154 has five floor plans (I was rather disappointed that there were not more diagrams showing the exterior decorative work) and you realise that the building is not oblong, the non-street end has a chamfered side. Just one of the many insights that you'll get from this fascinating photo study of one of the world's great landmarks.
Rating: 5
Summary: For the Chrysler Building lover in all of us.
Comment: This is it.
This is the one you want, if you have a love for the Chrysler building's construction, her insides and outsides.
Beautiful photos - all black and white, in a beautifully presented book. It creates a brilliant record of the construction of one of the most loved buildings in the world.
Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Treasure of Images of the Chrysler Building
Comment: If you are a Chrysler Building enthusiast, supporter, collector, historian, architecture buff, this is a wonderful book. It provides a fascinating look at construction and architectural details never seen for any building, let alone this one, which has far too few images available and does not take kindly to visitors and tourists. The quality and quantity of the images only make you want a volume 2. It is easily one of my most treasured books on architecture subjects. I think I liked it.
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Title: Central Park, An American Masterpiece: A Comprehensive History of the Nation's First Urban Park by Sara Cedar Miller ISBN: 0810939460 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Empire State Building : The Making of a Landmark by John Tauranac ISBN: 0312148240 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: New York Streetscapes: Tales of Manhattan's Significant Buildings and Landmarks by S. Christopher/Braley Gray, Suzanne Braley ISBN: 0810944413 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Building the Empire State by Carol Willis, Donald Friedman ISBN: 0393730301 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Lost New York, Revised and Updated Edition by Nathan Silver ISBN: 0618054758 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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