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Title: The Architectural Guidebook to New York City by Francis Morrone, James Iska ISBN: 1-58685-211-6 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: not quite
Comment: I was a bit disapointed by this book. There is information on a lot of NY buildings, but the information does not always concern architecture and is usually very limited. Gives you an impression of all there is to see, but does not do much more than that. Photographs are not impressive. Much more intersting is The Architecture of New York City, by Donald Martin Reynolds.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not for a quick trip
Comment: This book is really good and best used if you have a fair amount of time to wander around New York. It is like trailing through the city with a friend who has lived there for a long time; Marrone has great excursive lengthy interesting descriptions of a number of buildngs, and that's great. The problem is that each chapter has its own tiny map, and they are never put together in a larger overall map anywhere, making navigation difficult. If you have a lot of time, and want to do just a few buidings per day, that's fine. If you want to storm through NYC and see as much as possible in a limited amount of time, if is difficult.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great companion to see Manhattan with
Comment: The most obvious reason to replace the AIA Guide with this book is size. Dealing with only one borough enables the author to go into more detail while reducing the size of the book. The AIA Guide is about half the size of a large yellow pages. The Architectural Guidebook to NYC is about the size of an average novel. That makes a big difference when you're stuffing it into your backpack or purse for a trip on subway or foot.
The more extensive entries are very welcome. In Union Square with this book and a view of the surrounding buildings, I was able to spend a pleasant and informative hour on a park bench, for free. That's a better bargain than the Staten Island Ferry.
Morrone keeps the architect's jargon to a minimum and knows his subject well. The historical insights and views on clashing aesthetics were skillfully presented. He pointed out a couple of museums of very high caliber that I wasn't even aware of. A book like this is a perfect jumping off point for thousands of topics, from neighborhoods to cultures to politics to construction.
I would encourage him to write similar books on the other buroughs, or better yet, an even more detailed work on each of the neighborhoods of Manhattan: each of them has at least a thousand buildings worth writing about.
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Title: The Historical Atlas of New York City : A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History by Alice Hudson, Eric Homberger ISBN: 0805060049 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn by Francis Morrone, James Iska ISBN: 1586850474 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: AIA Guide to New York City by NORVAL WHITE, ELLIOT WILLENSKY ISBN: 0812931076 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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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: Here Is New York by E. B. White, Roger Angell ISBN: 1892145022 Publisher: Little Bookroom Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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