With new color photography showing off a thorough inside-and-out refurbishment, this volume celebrates a beloved landmark. The New York Public Library, one of the nation's architectural wonders, is possibly our finest classical building. Designed by John Merven Carrere and Thomas Hastings, and inspired by the great classical buildings in Paris and Rome, it was completed in 1911. The library boasts a magnificent exterior, but that is only the beginning. In the interior, one splendid hall follows another, an awesome gallery leads to richly decorated rooms, and stairways are vaulted in marble. From the terrace to the breathtaking Main Reading Room is a triumphal way. All the devices of the classical tradition, the main artistic current of Western civilization, are brought into play. Maidens, cherubs, and satyr masks look down from ceilings. Lions' heads, paws, rams' heads, and griffins are on every side. In this beautiful volume, featuring new color photography by Anne Day, every facet of the building is described, including its inception and construction. 250 full-color photographs

The New York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Arts & Photography

Reed, Henry Hope

Morrone, Francis

Architecture

W.W.Norton&Company

Highlights of architecture, preservation, urban planning, and public art described by two experienced guides, with pictures, route maps, and transit information. The Municipal Art Society of New York recently celebrated its fiftieth year of offering walking tours to the public; in 2007 more than 10,000 people participated. This illustrated guidebook to highlights of architecture, preservation, urban planning, and public art described by two experienced guides, with pictures, route maps, and travel information, covers Manhattan from downtown skyscrapers to Harlem by way of Madison Square, Art Deco Midtown, Grand Central Terminal, Columbus Circle, Central Park, and more. 165 color photographs; 10 maps

The Municipal Art Society of New York: Ten Architectural Walks in Manhattan

Sports & Outdoors

Postal, Matthew A.

Individual Sports

A tour of not-to-be-missed public places―parks, plazas, memorials, streets―that shape the New York experience. The thirty-eight urban gems covered here range from newly created linear spaces along the water’s edge, such as Brooklyn Bridge Park and the East River Waterfront Esplanade, to revitalized squares and circles, such as those at Gansevoort Plaza in the Meatpacking District and Columbus Circle, to repurposed open spaces like the freight tracks, now the High Line, and Concrete Plant Park in the Bronx. Readers can discover midtown atriums, mingle with the crowds in Union Square, travel offshore to nearby Governors Island, and enjoy the vistas of historic Green-Wood Cemetery. Pete Hamill writes in his foreword, “I’ve . . . made a list of new places I must visit while there is time. With any luck at all, I’ll see all of them. I hope you, the reader, can find the time too.” Concise descriptions, helpful maps, and vivid photographs capture the New York urban scene. 130 color photographs

Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes

History

Lynn, Robin

Americas

Full-color photographs and illustrations highlight an evocative tour through the streets, neighborhoods, landmarks, and history of Brooklyn past and present, in a study that look at such icons of the city as Coney Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, Flatbush Avenue, and more. 10,000 first printing.

Brooklyn: A Journey Through the City of Dreams

Stonehill, Judith

Photography & Video

Universe

Their is a Santa imposter on the loose in New York City and the police are trying to nab him. They think they found the imposter, but it's the real Santa instead. Now he's in jail and there's no one to deliver the presents. Fortunately two children see it all happen and set out to save Christmas--and Santa, too.

Night Before Christmas In New York City, The

Literature & Fiction

Gibbs-Smith

Book by Morrone, Francis, Iska, James

The Architectural Guidebook to New York City

Travel

Iska, James

United States

Celebrated architectural writer Francis Morrone returns with a guide to one of the nation's most historical cities--Philadelphia. In addition to including architectural, artistic, and historical insight on its characterizing landmarks, the guide embraces the reader in a quest to realize the city's mysterious legacy--the dichotomous character indicative of its two most famous sons, William Penn and Benjamin Franklin. Meander through Washington Square, Chestnut Hill, Rittenhouse Square, Germantown, and even the infamous Philadelphia Museum of Art.

An Architectural Guidebook To Philadelphia

A sophisticated blend of ambience and attitude. From cobblestones to churches, row houses, fishing boats, and tree-lined streets, Brooklyn boasts enriching public spaces and diversely beautiful landscapes. The illustrious history of Brooklyn comes to life in this guide, which focuses on northern and central Brooklyn, including the oldest urbanized areas, the vast “brownstone belt,” and some of the principal industrial areas such as: Downtown Brooklyn Heights Prospect Park Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn

Gibbs-Smith Publisher

Francis Morrone has returned to the buildings of his original guidebook once again to detail additions and changes in name and usage, and the book has been modified to reflect post September 11th New York City. With its thoughtful detail and out-of-the-ordinary observations, this guidebook is a must-have for New Yorkers, tourists, and architectural lovers everywhere. Francis Morrone is a lecturer and tour leader for the Municipal Art Society of New York, a nonprofit civic organization founded in 1893. His writings on architecture and New York history appear in The New Criterion, the City Journal, and other publications. His other books include An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn and An Architectural Guidebook to Philadelphia. He lives in Brooklyn. James Iska, whose work has been exhibited all over the world and has appeared in the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune, is currently on the staff of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Reference

Memories of Times Past: New York

Thunder Bay Press

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The New York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

The Municipal Art Society of New York: Ten Architectural Walks in Manhattan

Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes

Brooklyn: A Journey Through the City of Dreams

Night Before Christmas In New York City, The

The Architectural Guidebook to New York City

An Architectural Guidebook To Philadelphia

An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn

The Architectural Guidebook to New York City

Memories of Times Past: New York