Building the skyline : the birth and growth of Manhattan's skyscrapers /

Jason M. Barr.
Bok · Engelsk · 2016

Omfang	xvii, 437 sider : : illustrasjoner, kart ;
Opplysninger	Manhattan's natural history -- Mannahatta to Manhattan: settlement to grid plan -- Land use before the Civil War -- The tenements and the skyline -- The economics of skyscraper height -- Measuring the skyline -- The bedrock myth -- The birth of Midtown -- Edifice complex? The cause of the 1920s building boom -- What is Manhattan worth? One hundred fifty years of land values.
Emner	Land use, Urban - History. - New York (State) - New York Real estate development - History. - New York (State) - New York Skyscrapers - Economic aspects - History. - New York (State) - New York
Geografisk emneord	Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) - History.
Dewey	333.77097471
ISBN	9780199344369 : £32.99