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New York 2000: Architecture and Urbanism from the Bicentennial to the Millennium (New York) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robert A. M. Stern, David Fishman, Jacob Tilove
Publisher: Monacelli
Category: Book
List Price: $100.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 352528
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1300
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.8
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.9 x 3
ISBN: 1580931774
Dewey Decimal Number: 307.121609747
EAN: 9781580931779
ASIN: 1580931774
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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Product Description
Touted by Publisher's Weekly as "an unprecedented record," the new book in the New York series, New York 2000, is indeed an exceptional survey of this great city's architectural heritage. As the world's financial and cultural capital, New York demands the best in architectural design and balances the constant pressure to build with the need to preserve its historic fabric.
Author Robert A. M. Stern and his colleagues trace the rise and fall of the real estate market, the impact of the designation of historic districts and new zoning on development, and the emergence of new commercial and residential centers. The survey is organized geographically, moving north from Lower Manhattan and covering the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island as well.
New York 2000 documents milestones in the city's architectural history over the past forty years—the development of Battery Park City, the rebirth of Harlem and Times Square, the creation of the cultural precinct around the new MoMA, and the reclaiming of the waterfront along the East and Hudson Rivers as recreational parkland—and celebrates the achievements of internationally recognized architects such as Sir Norman Foster, Cesar Pelli, Richard Meier, and Renzo Piano.
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 NewYork grandeur February 13, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
NewYork as I know and love it.This is an exceptional book,it explains why the city is like it is.Every outstanding architecture is well described and it is readable by everyone.
 NYC January 16, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
At 1300 pages this is quite comprehensive and exhaustively researched. NYC has had a real resurgence in skyscraper building in the last ten years or so and many good buildings have been built..like the Time Warner Bldg. the Bloomberg Tower, and the New York Times building..and so far it looks like the world trade center site is going to have some specacular buildings, frankly im still not sure about the Freedom Tower(please find a new name, lord)design but it's so much better than that untenable Libeskind designed, frankly I love the Norman Foster design but whatever, but I digress...as for this book it's fantastic and if you love NYC you will have to have this in you collection, really a complete, thorough book on current architecture in NYC, buy this book you wont be disappointed.
Great Gift Book January 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a gift for my boss who loves both NYC and architecture. He loved it! I looked through it before giving it to him and agree it is a great book. It's $100 in the book stores, so it is a good buy on Amazon for $63.00. Great for anyone who loves NYC.
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