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Title: An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn by Francis Morrone, James Iska ISBN: 1-58685-047-4 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A delightful compendium from our city¿s best tour guide
Comment: Rare is the architectural guidebook that merges intricate depictions of the masterpieces with compelling tales about how they came to be. Yet that is precisely what Mr. Morrone has accomplished with this tome, which shows off a borough he clearly loves to great effect. This is a book you can, and should, hold in your hands as you walk through the neighborhoods Mr. Morrone has chosen to include. He made me love Brooklyn even more than I thought possible, and made me wish I lived both in this era and some many years ago, when the many buildings and neighborhoods he describes were coming into being. A must-have book for anyone who intends to look at the buildings of Brooklyn, whether for scholarly pursuits or for pure weekend pleasure.
Rating: 3
Summary: Factually dead on, but a tad fatiguing
Comment: Everything in this book is 100% correct: Mr Morrone is doubtless a perfectionist in his research and I mean that as a compliment. You want to know the history of a building, an area in Brooklyn or an architect, this book is the ne plus ultra.
I give it 3 stars because his writing style is a tad heavy. It reminds me of Frasier Crane, he of the tv show "Frasier".
But it is good enough to merit a double purchase: One you keep at home and the second you rip out pages at a time as you work your way through the various sections/chapters in Brooklyn. I am never in favor of destroying books, but given the size of this tome, buying two and giving one of them a good going over in the streets of Brooklyn is entirely acceptable.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Delightful and Necessary Addition to New York Guides
Comment: An elegant writer and gifted independent scholar, Francis Morrone has done his adopted home proud in An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn. With sharp descriptions and apposite facts, Morrone conveys both the complexity and vibrancy of one of New York City's largest boroughs. Readers may well disagree with a few of his assured opinions but what use is a guidebook without a point of view? Morrone's perceptive comments, illustrated by James Iska's graceful photographs, make An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn a boon for both the Brooklyn visitor and the armchair New York fan alike.
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Title: Brooklyn: A State of Mind by Michael W. Robbins, Wendy Palitz, Phillip Lopate ISBN: 0761116354 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn (Neighborhoods of New York City) by Kenneth T. Jackson, John B. Manbeck, Citizens Committee for New York City ISBN: 0300077521 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Old Brooklyn Heights : New YorkÂs First Suburb by Clay Lancaster, Edmund V. Gillon ISBN: 0486238725 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 February, 1980 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Brooklyn Then and Now by Marcia Reiss ISBN: 1571457925 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.98 |
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Title: Brooklyn : The Ultimate Guide to New York's Most Happening Borough (2nd Edition) by Ellen Freudenheim ISBN: 0312204469 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 12 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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