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The Railroad Station: An Architectural History | 
 enlarge | Author: Carroll L. V. Meeks
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 560718
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0486286274
Dewey Decimal Number: 725.31094
EAN: 9780486286273
ASIN: 0486286274
Publication Date: July 31, 1995
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Condition: Mint!!
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Profusely illustrated book chronicles the evolution of the architecture of the railroad station in both Europe and America from the 1830s to the 1950s. "Carefully documented by all the apparatus of exacting scholarship, and even better by a fascinating collection of more than 230 pictures." — The New York Times.
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Pioneering Study November 16, 2006
This is the first work of which I know to look at 19th and 20th century architecture in a broad context, rather than the famous "war of styles." It is common now to speak of 'Victorian architecture' as opposed to 'Modern architecture,' but the idea that Victorian styles had more similarity than difference seems to have been put forward for the first time here. It also hints that the same is true for various flavors of Modernism, and indeed, that the two supposed antitheses are simply positions along a spectrum. This is done through a tightly limited survey of a very specific, though widespread type, the railroad station. If I recall correctly, there are some pictures, but the book is more of interest to historians and architectural theorists than to rail buffs.
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