Building the skyline - Info and Reading Options
the birth and growth of Manhattan's skyscrapers
By Jason M. Barr
"Building the skyline" was published by Oxford University Press in 2016 - nyu, it has 437 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Building the skyline” Metadata:
- Title: Building the skyline
- Author: Jason M. Barr
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 437
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: 2016
- Publish Location: nyu
“Building the skyline” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Urban Land use - Real estate development - Skyscrapers - History - Land use, urban - New york (n.y.), history - Architecture, united states - Gratte-ciel - Aspect économique - Histoire - Utilisation urbaine du sol - Promotion immobilière - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Real Estate - General - Hochhaus - Flächennutzung - Stadtentwicklung
- Places: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) - New York (State) - New York
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xvii, 437 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL27218800M - OL20038764W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 938990076 - 945586132
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2016007562 - 2016014491
- ISBN-13: 9780199344369
- ISBN-10: 0199344361
- All ISBNs: 0199344361 - 9780199344369
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"Building the skyline" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Manhattan's natural history
- 2- Mannahatta to Manhattan: settlement to grid plan
- 3- Land use before the Civil War
- 4- The tenements and the skyline
- 5- The economics of skyscraper height
- 6- Measuring the skyline
- 7- The bedrock myth
- 8- The birth of Midtown
- 9- Edifice complex? The cause of the 1920s building boom
- 10- What's Manhattan worth? 150 years of land values.
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