One Thousand New York Buildings | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Harris
Creator: Jorg Brockmann
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 299118
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 7.8 x 2
ISBN: 157912237X
Dewey Decimal Number: 974.7100222
UPC: 768821122379
EAN: 9781579122379
ASIN: 157912237X
Publication Date: May 20, 2002
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Condition: New, NOT used. Book is in excellent condition. No remainder marks. Includes US postal delivery confirmation. Selling books 27 yrs.
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Product Description
From skyscrapers to parking structures, from the Stock Exchange to the historic townhouses of Harlem, the buildings of New York are as diverse as its culture. The City estimates that there are 90,000 buildings within the five boroughs, ranging from single-story warehouses to mighty skyscrapers. Now, for the first time, 1,000 of these buildings, widely varied in style-from landmarks to architectural oddities to humble utilitarian structures-are artfully photographed and beautifully celebrated. Photographer Jorg Brockmann has captured the power and personal essence of each building, providing a fresh, close-up view of New York unlike any other. Essential information about each building, along with neighborhood maps and useful sidebars, make this the last word on New York structures large and small. It's a feast for lovers of architecture and of great photography, as well as devotees of the most vibrant and resilient city in the world.
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I love New York February 18, 2008
S. Rutigliano (Brooklyn, New York)
This just might be the most awesome book about my hometown of NYC. The artwork is fabulous and this book is put together so well. Its shown me things I never saw. I think being a tourist in your own town is great.
Well done. December 9, 2007
G. Stavrou (Chicagoland)
I'll disregard the book's one glaring omission--Saarinen's TWA Terminal at JFK is not included--and give it a five. Well written.
 Excellent companion volume to White & Willensky March 17, 2007
J. L. Albee (Houston, TX USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The title might have been 1,000 of the BEST buildings in New York City. No city in America, and few the world over, contain the mind-boggling ensemble of outstanding urban architecture, both historic and modern, as does New York City. This city is a national and world treasure, and all of Manhattan SHOULD be a UNESCO World Heritage site, but, alas... There's simply no comparison possible. This book is a survey of 1,000 outstanding structures in the city, properly chosen in my opinion, each including a black & white photograph and short descriptive essay. With so much wonderful material from which to choose, the book is a real feast of architectural goodness! Because it isn't as exhaustive as White & Willensky, it is more thorough in coverage of the selected buildings. It's well put together. Good buildings. Nice photography. Well written short essays. Covers the five boroughs well.
America's peninsular cities; San Francisco, New York, Charleston and Boston also happen to contain the best architecture. Hmm...
Go out and wander around New York January 11, 2007
C. E. Allen (New York, NY)
and come back and sit and look at this book.
Bet you missed a lot on each street.
Then go out again and do it all over.
A real treat.
As solid and beautiful as the buildings they describe May 18, 2006
Rocco Dormarunno (Brooklyn, NY)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Every once in a while I'll walk down a street of my busy city and spot a building that I'd never seen before, or, if I had seen it, never paid it much mind. But something about it--its age or its architecture--tells me that there's a story to be told about it. Judith Dupre, Bill Harris, and photographer Jorg Brockmann in their monumental book, "One Thousand New York Buildings", fill in the gaps left behind in the AIA books.
There are hundreds of buildings that, for whatever reason, have escaped landmark status and/or the attention of New Yorkers. Although "One Thousand New York Buildings" does discuss the familiar structures, like the Empire State Building, the Woolworth Building, and Grand Central Station, it also devotes equal time to those that have been ignored or overlooked. What are those tiny, Colonial style houses on Harrison and Greenwich Streets? How old is that building at 2 White Street? Who lived in those somber buildings at 130-132 MacDougal Street? "One Thousand New York Buildings" answers these and hundreds of other questions. In this sense, this book is much like "New York Streetscapes: Tales of Manhattan's Significant Buidlings and Landmarks" by Christopher Gray and Suzanne Braley, in as much as it pays equal tribute to the famous and not so famous structures.
One last note, this is a solidly put together book. The binding is sturdy, the paper thick and glossy, and the photos are clear and intriguing. It as well constructed as the buildings they pay homage to.
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