The landmarks of New York : an illustrated record of the city's historic buildings / Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel.

Main entry:

Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee.

Title & Author:

The landmarks of New York : an illustrated record of the city's historic buildings / Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, 2005.

Description:

628 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The landmarks of New York, 1965-2005 : forty years of preservation -- Landmarks of New York -- Lampposts and bracket lights -- Historic districts -- Sites heard but not designated.

Summary:

"The Landmarks of New York is a definitive resource book on the architectural history of the city, documenting and illustrating more than 1100 buildings that have been accorded landmark status over the past forty years. The chronological organization gives the reader a sequential overview of the city's architectural richness and diversity. The book presents a broad range of styles and building types - simple colonial farmhouses, churches, schools, libraries, Gilded Age mansions, and the great twentieth-century skyscrapers that are recognized throughout the world."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1580931545 (paperback)
9781580931540 (paperback)

Subject:

Historic buildings New York (State) New York.
Historic buildings New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Buildings
Historic buildings
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) Pictorial works.
New York (State) New York

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Books.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 240502
Call No.: BIB 170432
Status: Available

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