Hailedas“extraordinarilylearned“(NewYorkTimes),“blitheinspiritandunerringinvision,“(NewYorkMagazine),andthe“definitiverecordofNewYork’sarchitecturalheritage“(MunicipalArtSociety),NorvalWhiteandElliotWillensky’sbookisanessentialreferenceforeveryonewithaninterestinarchitectureandthosewhosimplywanttoknowmoreaboutNewYorkCity.Firstpublishedin1968,theAIAGuidetoNewYorkCityhaslongbeenthedefinitiveguidetothecity’sarchitecture.Movingthroughallfiveboroughs,neighborhoodbyneighborhood,itoffersthemostcompleteoverviewofNewYork’ssignificantplaces,pastandpresent.TheFifthEditioncontinuestoincludeplacesofhistoricalimportance--includingextensivecoverageoftheWorldTradeCentersite--whilealsotakingfullaccountoftheconstructionboomofthepast10years,aboomthathasgivenrisetoanunprecedentednumberofnewbuildingsbysucharchitectsasFrankGehry,NormanFoster,andRenzoPiano.AllofthebuildingsincludedintheFourthEditionhavebeenrevisitedandre-photographedandmuchofthecommentaryhasbeenre-written,andcoverageoftheouterboroughs--particularlyBrooklyn--hasbeenexpanded.Famedskyscrapersandhistoriclandmarksaredetailed,butso,too,arefirehouses,parks,churches,parkinggarages,monuments,andbridges.Boastingmorethan3000newphotographs,100enhancedmaps,andthousandsofshortandspiritedentries,theguideisarrangedgeographicallybyborough,witheachboroughdividedintosectorsandthenintoneighborhood.Extensivecommentariesdescribethecharacterofthedivisions.Knowledgeable,playful,andbeautifullyillustrated,hereistheultimateguidedtourofNewYork’sarchitecturaltreasures.AcclaimforearliereditionsoftheAIAGuidetoNewYorkCity:“Anextraordinarilylearned,personableexegesisofourmetropolis.NootherAmericanor,forthatmatter,worldcitycanboastsodefinitiveaone-volumeguidetoitsbuiltenvironment.“--PhilipLopate,NewYorkTimes“Blitheinspiritandunerringinvision.“--NewYorkMagazine“AdefinitiverecordofNewYork’sarchitecturalheritage...wittyandhelpfulpocketfulwhichservesasarbiterofarchitects,Baedekerforboulevardiers,catalogforthecurious,primerforpreservationists,andsourcebooktostudents.ForallwhoseektoknowofNewYork,itishere.Nohomeshouldbewithoutacopy.“--MunicipalArtSociety“TherearetworeasonstheguidehasenteredthepantheonofNewYorkbooks.Oneisitsencyclopedicnature,andtheotherisitsinimitablestyle--’smart,vivid,funnyandopinionated’asthearchitecturalhistorianChristopherGrayoncesummeditupinpithyW&Wfashion.“--ConstanceRosenblum,NewYorkTimes“Abookforarchitecturalgourmandsandgastronomicgourmets.“--TheVillageVoice
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