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Author : Laura Vila
Publisher : Viking Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN : PSU:000065048658
The story of the building of Manhattan, from a small quiet island to the bustling city it is today.
Author : Tom Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1910258008
Based on the popular blog Daytonian in Manhattan, 'Seeking New York' investigates the back stories of Manhattan's architecture and monuments. Alongside the expected account of architects, dates and styles, it reveals the human history of the buildings and statues: the scandals, the tribulations, the joys and achievements, the humanity, indeed, of the New Yorkers who lived within these walls.
Author : Donald A. Mackay
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780486135908
Meticulously accurate line drawings and fascinating text explain construction above and below ground, including excavating subway lines and building bridges and skyscrapers. Hundreds of illustrations reveal intricate details of construction techniques.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030611206
Author : Jason M. Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199344383
The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form? Much has been written about the city's architecture and its general history, but little work has explored the economic forces that created the skyline. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles the economic history of the Manhattan skyline. In the process, he debunks some widely held misconceptions about the city's history. Starting with Manhattan's natural and geological history, Barr moves on to how these formations influenced early land use and the development of neighborhoods, including the dense tenement neighborhoods of Five Points and the Lower East Side, and how these early decisions eventually impacted the location of skyscrapers built during the Skyscraper Revolution at the end of the 19th century. Barr then explores the economic history of skyscrapers and the skyline, investigating the reasons for their heights, frequencies, locations, and shapes. He discusses why skyscrapers emerged downtown and why they appeared three miles to the north in midtown-but not in between the two areas. Contrary to popular belief, this was not due to the depths of Manhattan's bedrock, nor the presence of Grand Central Station. Rather, midtown's emergence was a response to the economic and demographic forces that were taking place north of 14th Street after the Civil War. Building the Skyline also presents the first rigorous investigation of the causes of the building boom during the Roaring Twenties. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the boom was largely a rational response to the economic growth of the nation and city. The last chapter investigates the value of Manhattan Island and the relationship between skyscrapers and land prices. Finally, an Epilogue offers policy recommendations for a resilient and robust future skyline.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015039400299
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034539940
Author : Moses King
Publisher : Boston : M. King
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : New York (N.Y.)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044027136688
Author : Eric Nash
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568981819
The city of New York is the city of skyscrapers. Every first-time visitor to Manhattan experiences the awe of gazing up at the soaring stone, steel, and glass towers of Wall Street or Midtown, and wonders how those structures came to be built. Manhattan Skyscrapers answers the question by presenting the 75 most significant tall buildings that make up the city's famous skyline. From Louis Sullivan's Bayard-Condict Building of 1898 on Bleeker Street to the Conde Nast tower currently rising above Times Square, Manhattan Skyscrapers lavishly presents over a hundred years of New York's most interesting and important tall buildings. Author Eric P. Nash profiles familiar skyscrapers such as the Woolworth Building, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the World Trade Towers, the AT&T (now Sony) Building, and the Seagram Building, while also championing several often-overlooked yet significant structures, such as the McGraw- Hill, the Metropolitan Life Insurance, and the Fred F. French Buildings. Nash's writing strikes an elegant balance between history, archi-tectural evaluation, and intelligent guidebook. For each building, Nash identifies the building style, gives the overall profile and image of the building, and discusses its construction; also included are quotes from the buildings' architects and the architectural critics of the time. Each skyscraper is illustrated with full-page color photo-graphs by noted photographer Norman McGrath as well as architectural drawings and plans, archival images of the original interiors, postcards, and other ephemera. Manhattan Skyscrapers is essential reading-or an ideal gift-for anyone interested in the buildings that make New York the ultimate skyscraper city.
Author : Kurt C. Schlichting
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421425245
“Rich in historical, sociological, and economic detail . . . a new way to look at the ascendancy and growth of America’s most important city.” —Civil Engineering With its maritime links across the oceans, along the Atlantic coast, and inland to the Midwest and New England, Manhattan became a global city and home to the world’s busiest port. It was a world of docks, ships, tugboats, and ferries, filled with cargo and freight, a place where millions of immigrants entered the Promised Land. In Waterfront Manhattan, Kurt C. Schlichting tells the story of the Manhattan waterfront as a struggle between public and private control of New York’s priceless asset. From colonial times until after the Civil War, the city ceded control of the waterfront to private interests, excluding the public entirely and sparking a battle between shipping companies, the railroads, and ferries for access to the waterfront. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the City of New York regained control of the waterfront, but a whirlwind of forces beyond the control of either public or private interests—technological change in the form of the shipping container and the jet airplane—devastated the city’s maritime world. The city slowly and painfully recovered. Visionaries reimagined the waterfront, and today the island is almost completely surrounded by parkland, the world of piers and longshoremen gone, replaced by luxury housing and tourist attractions. Waterfront Manhattan is “an impressive narrative which is sure to shed light on this underappreciated aspect of New York City history” (Global Maritime History). “An important book. There is much to ponder on the future of New York City’s harbor.” —Journal of American History
Author : Aaron Rosen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317068167
"When you're in New York" the sculptor Louise Nevelson once said, "you're in perpetual resurrection." She might have said the same thing about St. Peter's Lutheran Church, set in the heart of midtown Manhattan. In the 1970s the church made a radical move, scrapping its neo-gothic building for a sleek modern structure in the shadow of a skyscraper. The transformation was not just architectural. Inside, Nevelson created a shimmering chapel, while over the years artists and designers such as Willem de Kooning, Kiki Smith, and Massimo and Lella Vignelli produced works for the sanctuary. This fusion of modern art, architecture, and design was complemented by an innovative jazz ministry, including funerals for Billy Strayhorn and John Coltrane, and performances by Duke Ellington and other jazz legends. For the first time, this volume examines the astounding cultural output of this single church. Just as importantly, the story of St. Peter's serves as a springboard for wider reflections on the challenges and possibilities which arise when religion and art intersect in the modern city. Working from a wide range of disciplines, including art history, theology, musicology, and cultural studies, a distinguished group of scholars demonstrate that this church at the center of New York City deserves an equally central place in contemporary scholarship.
Author : Sam Roberts
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620409817
From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it. As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and mortar, revealing why and how it evolved into the nation's biggest and most influential. From the seven hundred thousand or so buildings in New York, Roberts selects twenty-seven that, in the past four centuries, have been the most emblematic of the city's economic, social, and political evolution. He describes not only the buildings and how they came to be, but also their enduring impact on the city and its people and how the consequences of the construction often reverberated around the world. A few structures, such as the Empire State Building, are architectural icons, but Roberts goes beyond the familiar with intriguing stories of the personalities and exploits behind the unrivaled skyscraper's construction. Some stretch the definition of buildings, to include the city's oldest bridge and the landmark Coney Island Boardwalk. Others offer surprises: where the United Nations General Assembly first met; a hidden hub of global internet traffic; a nondescript factory that produced billions of dollars of currency in the poorest neighborhood in the country; and the buildings that triggered the Depression and launched the New Deal. With his deep knowledge of the city and penchant for fascinating facts, Roberts brings to light the brilliant architecture, remarkable history, and bright future of the greatest city in the world.
Author : Jason M. Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780199344369
Manhattan's natural history -- Mannahatta to Manhattan: settlement to grid plan -- Land use before the Civil War -- The tenements and the skyline -- The economics of skyscraper height -- Measuring the skyline -- The bedrock myth -- The birth of Midtown -- Edifice complex? The cause of the 1920s building boom -- What's Manhattan worth? 150 years of land values
Author : Randal O'Toole
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781937184896
The American Dream turned into a nightmare when the housing bubble burst, and people have been trying to figure out who to blame- Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? In American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Homeownership, Randal O'Toole explores the forces at play in the housing market and shows how we can rebuild the American dream of homeownership by eliminating federal, state, and local policies that distort the free market for housing.
Author : Michael R. Lindeburg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 861 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781591265948
Comprehensive Guide on Seismic Design for the California Civil Seismic Principles Exam California Civil Seismic Building Design, 12th Edition presents the seismic design concepts most essential to engineers, architects, and students of civil and structural engineering and architecture. The book’s 15 chapters provide a concise but thorough review of seismic theory, code application, design principles, and structural analysis. Topics Covered Basic Seismology Details of Seismic-Resistant Structures (Concrete, Masonry, Steel, Wood) Diaphragm Theory Earthquake Characteristics Effects of Earthquakes on Structures General Structural Design Response of Structures Seismic Building Code Special Design Features Tilt-Up Construction Vibration Theory Referenced Codes and Standards AISC 341 AISC 360 ACI 318 ACI 530 NDS SDPWD ASCE/SEI7 IBC Key Features 30 example problems demonstrate how to apply concepts, codes, and equations to solve realistic problems More than 125 practice problems provide opportunities for independent problem-solving practice, and complete solutions allow you to check your solution approach Two comprehensive indexes—one of key terms and another of seismic building codes—to quickly direct you to the information you are looking for References throughout the text to the 150 equations, 29 tables, 144 figures, and 21 appendices, and to relevant codes and standards Binding: Paperback Publisher: PPI, A Kaplan Company
