Entrée principale:

Rencoret, Francisco Javier, 1960- author.

Titre et auteur:

New York City : the edge of enigma / Francisco Javier Rencoret.

Publication:

New York, NY : Princeton Architectural Press, [1991]
©1991

Description:

88 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Val Warke -- Foreword / Francisco Javier Rencoret -- History of New York -- The stories behind the history of New York -- Architectural stories and drawings about New York City's architecture -- West Side Louver Check Point Memorial -- Banks on Fifth Avenue -- Sutton Place Sports Facility -- Central Park Building -- The truth and a few lies building and the skyscraper of pleasure -- Welfare Island International Airport.

Résumé:

"In over seventy full-color paintings, Francisco J. Rencoret studies the myths about the development of New York City: the moment of arrival, the isolation of the island, the domination of Manhattan over its neighbors, the image of the skyscraper, the paradox of Central Park, and the conflicting faces of Time Square."--Page 2 of cover.

ISBN:

1878271059 (paperback)
9781878271051 (paperback)

Sujet:

Architecture New York (State) New York Themes, motives.
Architecture New York (État) New York Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture Themes, motives
Buildings
Architekturbild
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.) Constructions.
New York (State) New York
New York, NY
New York (N.Y.)
Architecture Themes, motives New York (State) New York

Vedettes secondaires:

Warke, Val K., author of introduction.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 75153
Cote: ID:92-B2449
Statut: Disponible