Higher
Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City by Neal Bascomb Doubleday, 2003 Hardcover, 352 pages Higher tells the story of the architects, clients, financiers and contractors involved...
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Starting from Zero: Reconstructing Downtown New York by Michael Sorkin Routledge, 2003 Paperback, 144 pages Compiling articles from Architectural Record, Metropolis, Slate, a chapter from 2002's After...
View ArticleThe Historical Atlas of New York City
The Historical Atlas of New York City by Eric Homberger Holt, 1998 Paperback, 192 pages Similar to Mayer and Wade's Chicago: Growth of A Metropolis, Homberger's book tells the story of a great city...
View ArticleLow Life
Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Luc Sante Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003 Paperback, 460 pages Sante's book about lower Manhattan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is a beloved...
View ArticleHolding Pattern at MoMA PS1
Holding Pattern at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, New York by Interboro Partners, 2011. The name of Interboro Partners' winning design for the 12th annual Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 in Long...
View ArticlePier 15
Pier 15 in New York City by SHoP Architects, 2011. A month ago the latest addition to the East River Waterfront Esplanade, which stretches for two miles along Manhattan's old industrial waterfront from...
View ArticleNational September 11 Memorial
National September 11 Memorial in New York City by Michael Arad and Peter Walker, 2011. It was a cold, gray and windy day when I finally made my way to the National September 11 Memorial last week....
View ArticleNew York City Landmarks
New York City Landmarks, photographs by Jake Rajs, text by Francis Morrone Antique Collectors Club, 2012 Hardcover, 236 pages What are the new New York City landmarks? The Statue of Liberty, the Empire...
View ArticleWendy
Wendy in Long Island City, New York by HWKN, 2012. Wendy is the name Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner (HWKN) gave their competition-winning entry for the 13th Young Architects Program (YAP) at MoMA...
View ArticleArtist Residence and Studio
Artist Residence and Studio in New York City by Caliper Studio, 2010. In the late 1980s artist Roy Lichtenstein moved into a two-story warehouse that was converted to a residence and studio by 1100...
View ArticleAlexandre Arrechea: No Limits
No Limits in New York City by Alexandre Arrechea, 2013. Since 2000 the Sculpture Committee of The Fund for Park Avenue and the Public Art Program of the City of New York’s Department of Parks &...
View Article101 Spring Street
Art and architecture—all the arts—do not have to exist in isolation, as they do now. This fault is very much a key to the present society. Architecture is nearly gone, but it, art, all the arts, in...
View ArticleThe Public Theater
The Public Theater in New York City by Ennead Architects, 2012. Sometimes the smallest and most discrete of projects can have the greatest impact. Such is my take upon experiencing the new lobby for...
View Article“Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind”
"Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind": Contemporary Planning in New York City by Scott Larson Temple University Press, 2013 Paperback, 198 pages In a little less than three months New Yorkers will...
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