Book Description
Magnificently illustrated directory of 73 of Manhattan's most splendid addresses includes mini-histories of each building, noting the architect, builder, date of construction, and more. 221 photographs and drawings.
Author : Andrew Alpern
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Magnificently illustrated directory of 73 of Manhattan's most splendid addresses includes mini-histories of each building, noting the architect, builder, date of construction, and more. 221 photographs and drawings.
Author : Andrew Alpern
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 25,86 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780486273709
Lavishly illustrated volume provides detailed mini-histories of the Gramercy, Ansonia, Hotel des Artistes, Joseph Pulitzer's palatial residence, and many other luxurious lodgings. 175 illustrations — many from private sources — depict interiors and exteriors. Introduction. Index.
Author : Andrew Alpern
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : Andrew Alpern
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 38,17 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
The supreme addresses of choice in New York are on Park Avenue and on Fifth Avenue, but merely living on either of these famous boulevards is not enough. The ultimate aspiration is to dwell in a suite of rooms designed by one of the two masters of apartm
Author : Elizabeth C. Cromley
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801486135
Describes how the apartment building developed in the late nineteenth century and gradually achieved acceptance as middle-class housing in New York City.
Author : Andrew Alpern
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0789213796
An illustrated tour of the elegant entrances to New York City’s most celebrated apartment houses This handsome, oversized book introduces us to the grandest entrances of New York City’s residential buildings. These posh portals come in an array of forms and styles, such as the porte cochere, with a passage to admit carriages or motor cars; the classic awning, originally meant to be retracted in good weather; and Neoclassical, Romanesque, and Gothic revivals. Architectural historian Andrew Alpern highlights approximately 140 entrances, from the nineteenth century to the present, including those of the Dakota, the first true luxury apartment house in New York; San Remo, one of Central Park West’s most impressive apartment houses; and the Ansonia, at one time the largest hotel in the world. Each entrance is accompanied by a description of its signal features and the history of the building that surrounds it. All are represented in splendid color photographs, and many by charming watercolor drawings. These ornate entrances offer a glimpse into New York’s past, as well as its future—for today, once again, entryways have begun to feature heavily in the marketing of residential buildings. Posh Portals will be an inspiration for architects and a delight for city dwellers.
Author : Kirk Henckels
Publisher : Vendome Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,90 MB
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780865653405
What are New York City's best apartment buildings? Before 1900, it was the Dakota and the Osborne; soon after came McKim, Mead & White's 998 Fifth and the ultra-soigne 820 Fifth Avenue. The roaring twenties produced true luxury: 740 Park Avenue, the art deco-inspired River House, and Rosario Candela's extraordinary 778 and 720 Park Avenue. Today, the city's skyline sparkles with palatial new buildings, such as Robert A. M. Stern's 15 Central Park West, Richard Meier's glass-walled Perry Street towers, and 432 Park Avenue, New York's tallest residential building. Kirk Henckels and Anne Walker, real estate and architectural insiders, chronicle the fortunes and features of 15 outstanding apartment houses with a wealth of vintage and new photography and architectural plans, and show off select apartments as they look today, designed by top interior designers.
Author : Richard Plunz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780231062978
Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis," New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. Plunz traces New York's housing development from 1850 to the present, exploring the housing of all classes, discussing the development of types ranging from the single-family house to the high-rise apartment tower.
Author : Andrew Alpern
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Apartment houses
ISBN :
Full-page photos & text document 20 historic structures-the Dorilton, Gainsborough, San Remo, etc. - most dating from early 20th century. Over 50 photos include many rare views.
Author : Heather Clawson
Publisher : powerHouse Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
ISBN : 9781576876077
Heather Clawson's wildly popular blog Habitually Chic collected the finer things in life: high fashion, fine art, interior design and arresting architecture. Now she narrows her vision in this stunning photographic collection that offers an intimate look into the workspaces of the world's foremost cultural generators. Clawson showcases the studious, workshops, offices and creative sanctuaries of cultural icons, including Jenna Lyons and Frank Muytjens of J. Crew, James de Givenchy of TAFFIN and potter Jonathan Adler, along with many more.