Rise of the New York Skyscraper by Sarah Bradford Landau

Rise of the New York Skyscraper by Sarah Bradford Landau

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A chronicle of the history of New York's first skyscrapers. It challenges the conventional wisdom that it was in Chicago, not in New York, that the skyscraper was born.

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Rise of the New York Skyscraper by Sarah Bradford Landau

A chronicle of the history of New York's first skyscrapers. It challenges the conventional wisdom that it was in Chicago, not in New York, that the skyscraper was born.

Carl W. Condit was a technology, urban development, and architecture historian who lived from 1914 to 1997. He taught history, art history, and urban affairs at Northwestern University for almost thirty years and was the author of numerous volumes on the history of American architecture, particularly in Chicago.

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ISBN 13 9780300077391
ISBN 10 0300077394
Title Rise of the New York Skyscraper
Author Sarah Bradford Landau
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 1999-05-11
Number of pages 496
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