Building the skyline : the birth and growth of Manhattan's skyscrapers /
Jason M. Barr.
Bok Engelsk 2016
Omfang | xvii, 437 sider : : illustrasjoner, kart ;
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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.
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ISBN | 9780199344369 : £32.99
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