One Thousand New York Buildings

by Brockmann, Jorg; Dupré, Judith; Harris, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781579124434
• ISBN10: 1579124437
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Summary

From skyscrapers to parking structures, from the Stock Exchange to the historic townhouses of Harlem, the buildings of New York are as diverse as its cultureand they are artfully photographed here by Jorg Brockmann. Essential information, history, and background stories about each one, along with neighborhood maps and useful sidebars, make this the last word on New York buildings large and small. Bill Harris is a veteran New York historian and writer who has also logged many miles as a tour guide. Jorg Brockmann is an accomplished photographer whose talent matches the scale of the project. Together, they have created a feast for lovers of architecture and of great photography, as well as devotees of New York City. Now in a well-priced and easy-to-carry paperback edition, One Thousand New York Buildings is the ultimate guide to the Great American City.

Author Biography

Jorg Brockmann's photographs appear in American and European newspapers and magazines and have been exhibited in group and solo shows in the United States, Switzerland, Italy, and France. After studying photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology he came to New York City, where he lived for seven years. He recently moved back to Europe to work on several book projects Bill Harris lived in the New York area for more than 50 years, before recently moving to Dallas. He worked at The New York Times for 25 of those years and became a licensed New York City tour guide in 1976. He has written 17 books about New York, including a history of the Plaza Hotel and two histories of the city itself, which were produced for the New York Landmarks Conservancy. He vows to move back to New York soon

Table of Contents

Foreword	6	(3)
Judith Dupre
Photographer's Note	9	(2)
Lower Manhattan	11	(36)
World Trade Center	47	(12)
Seaport and Civic Center	59	(22)
Chinatown and Lower East Side	81	(20)
Soho and Tribeca	101	(22)
Greenwich Village	123	(26)
Chelsea	149	(14)
Gramercy and Kips Bay	163	(22)
Midtown	185	(76)
Roosevelt Island	261	(8)
Upper East Side	269	(56)
Central Park	325	(8)
Upper West Side	333	(30)
Harlem and the Heights	363	(32)
The Bronx	395	(36)
Queens	431	(32)
Downtown Brooklyn	463	(28)
Brooklyn	491	(48)
Staten Island	539	(24)
Glossary	563	(2)
Index	565	(9)
Index of Landmarks	574