Research Catalog

Title

A history of New York in 27 buildings : the 400-year untold story of an American metropolis / Sam Roberts ; contemporary photography by George Samoladas.

Author

Roberts, Sam, 1947-

Publication

• New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Samoladas, George

Description

xiii, 285 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

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.

Alternative Title

• History of New York in twenty-seven buildings
• 400-year untold story of an American metropolis
• Four hundred-year untold story of an American metropolis

Subjects

• Buildings
• Architecture
• Historic buildings
• Buildings > New York (State) > New York > History
• New York (N.Y.) > History
• Architecture > New York (State) > New York > History
• History
• New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc > History
• Historic buildings > New York (State) > New York > History
• New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

(from table of contents) The Bowne House -- St. Paul's Chapel -- Federal Hall -- City Hall -- Domino Sugar Refinery -- Tweed Courthouse -- The Marble Palace -- 21 Stuyvesant Street -- The High Bridge -- 123 Lexington Avenue -- Pier A -- The IRT Powerhouse -- The Bossert Hotel -- The Asch Building -- The Flatiron Building -- The Lyceum Theater -- Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory -- The American Bank Note Plant -- Grand Central Terminal -- The Apollo -- The Coney Island Boardwalk -- Bank of United States -- The Empire State Building -- The Hunter College Gymnasium -- First Houses -- 134 East Sixtieth Street -- 60 Hudson Street -- Epilogue.

Call Number

F128.3

ISBN

• 1620409801
• 9781620409800

OCLC

1076510653

Author

Roberts, Sam, 1947- author.

Title

A history of New York in 27 buildings : the 400-year untold story of an American metropolis / Sam Roberts ; contemporary photography by George Samoladas.

Publisher

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Samoladas, George, photographer.

Research Call Number

*R-USLHG F128.3 .R63 2019