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Skyscraper Rivals
Daniel Abramson
其他書名
The AIG Building and the Architecture of Wall Street
出版Princeton Architectural Press, 2001
主題Architecture / History / GeneralArchitecture / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)Architecture / Buildings / Public, Commercial & IndustrialArchitecture / Buildings / GeneralHistory / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)Travel / United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)
ISBN15689824459781568982441
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=OBRUAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Millions of visitors flock to New York each year to witness the excitement of Wall Street, famous for its shoulder-to-shoulder Deco towers jostling for prominence above the canyon like streets. Skyscraper Rivals is the first book to examine the architecture of Wall Street between the wars through an amazing array of contemporary and archival images and an informed discussion of the financial, geographical, and historical forces that shaped this district. The book focuses on the AIG Building—once known as the Cities Service Building—and three other major towers in the financial district, in their race to be the tallest, the most modern, and the most lavish. We meet the tycoons who paid for these structures, the architects who designed them, the workers who labored in them, and the artists and photographers who portrayed them. The economics of skyscraper construction and the real-estate market of Wall Street are explained; also included are illuminating details and anecdotes surrounding each building's history. An essay by Carol Willis, director of New York's Skyscraper Museum and author of Form Follows Finance, provides an introduction.