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Gilded Mansions : Grand Architecture And High Society

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Wayne Craven
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Book, 1st ed, W.W. Norton & Co, 2009
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Immensely readable and illuminated with 250 stunning color and black-and-white illustrations, this is the fascinating story of America’s first millionaire society, the way they lived and partied, and the lush artistic and cultural legacy they established. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Mansions · New York (State) · New York · Millionaires · Homes and haunts · Architecture · History · 19th century · 20th century · Architecture and society · 19th century · 20th century · Craven, Wayne
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(UPPER LEVEL) NA7511.4.N4 C73 2009 AVAILABLE

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Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect : Beaux-arts To Modernism In New York

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Jewel Stern and John A. Stuart
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Book, 1st ed, Norton, 2006
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- Table of contents only
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One of the fabled “three Napoleons” of New York (with Raymond Hood and Ralph Walker) yet almost unknown today, Ely Jacques Kahn had a nearly half-century career, and approximately three dozen of his buildings still grace the New York cityscape. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Kahn, Ely Jacques, · 1884-1972 · Architects · United States · Biography · Architecture · New York (State) · New York · 20th century · Stern, Jewel, 1934- · Stuart, John A
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(UPPER LEVEL) NA737.K3 S74 2006 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	NA737.K3 S74 2006	AVAILABLE

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Art Deco New York

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David Garrard Lowe
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Book, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2004
Description
Art Deco New York takes readers on a historically rich and visually spectacular journey through New York in the early decades of the 20th century, when the style known as art deco, with its emphasis on machine-tooled elegance and sleekness of line, replaced the voluptuous beaux arts style that preceded it. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Art deco (Architecture) · New York (State) · New York · Architecture · 20th century · New York (N.Y.) · Buildings, structures, etc · Lowe, David, 1933-
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(UPPER LEVEL) NA735.N5 L688 2004 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	NA735.N5 L688 2004	AVAILABLE

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Morningside Heights : A History Of Its Architecture & Development

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Andrew S. Dolkart
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Book, Columbia University Press, 1998
Description
The book tells the stories of the excitement surrounding the initial plans for an Episcopal cathedral and the ultimate failure of this grandiose project; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Architecture · New York (State) · New York · 19th century · 20th century · New York (N.Y.) · Buildings, structures, etc · Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.) · Buildings, structures, etc · History · Dolkart, Andrew
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(UPPER LEVEL) NA735.N5 D65 1998 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	NA735.N5 D65 1998	AVAILABLE

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New York 1960 : Architecture And Urbanism Between The Second World War And The Bicentennial

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Robert A.M. Stern, Thomas Mellins, David Fishman
Publication Details
Book, Monacelli Press, 1995
Description
The massive New York 1960 is the third installment in a series covering the last 100 years of New York architectural history. For anyone interested in architecture, urban issues, or the history of New York City, New York 1960 should not be missed. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Architecture · New York (State) · New York · 20th century · New York (N.Y.) · Buildings, structures, etc · Stern, Robert A. M · Mellins, Thomas · Fishman, David
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) NA735.N5 S735 1995 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	NA735.N5 S735 1995	AVAILABLE

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New York Architecture, 1970-1990

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edited by Heinrich Klotz with Luminita Sabau ; essays by Douglas Davis … [et al.]
Publication Details
Book, Rizzoli International Publications, 1989
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Architecture · New York (State) · New York · 20th century · New York (N.Y.) · Buildings, structures, etc · Klotz, Heinrich · Sabau, Luminita · Davis, Douglas, 1933-
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) NA735.N5 N49 1989 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	NA735.N5 N49 1989	AVAILABLE

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New York 1930

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Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory F. Gilmartin, Thomas Mellins
Publication Details
Book, Rizzoli, 1987
Description
This highly acclaimed volume is the ultimate reference on this period, closely documents the alternately giddy and depressed decades between the two world wars when New York first transformed itself into a skyscraper city. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Architecture · New York (State) · New York · 20th century · New York (N.Y.) · Buildings, structures, etc · Stern, Robert A. M · Gilmartin, Gregory F · Mellins, Thomas
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) NA735.N5 S734 1987 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	NA735.N5 S734 1987	AVAILABLE

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New York 1900 : Metropolitan Architecture And Urbanism, 1890-1915

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by Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, John Montague Massengale
Publication Details
Book, Rizzoli, 1983
Description
This book is the middle volume of a three-part work devoted to the evolution of New York’s architecture and urbanism in the Metropolitan Era, the three-quarters of a century from the Civil War’s conclusion through the depression of the 1930s. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Architecture · New York (State) · New York · 19th century · 20th century · City planning · New York (N.Y.) · Buildings · Stern, Robert A. M · Gilmartin, Gregory · Massengale, John Montague
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) NA735.N5 S73 1983 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	NA735.N5 S73 1983	AVAILABLE

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