Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865-1913
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Softcover. Color-illustrated card wraps with white spine. 478 pp. with bw images throughout, numbered by chapter. Chronicles the history of NY's first skyscrapers, their function, technology, form, symbolism and how they were received by the citizens of New York. History, architecture and fascination all..... More