Century Downtown : A Visual History of Lower Manhattan by Matt Kapp (2020, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherpowerHouse Books
ISBN-101576879445
ISBN-139781576879443
eBay Product ID (ePID)5038732840
Product Key Features
Book TitleCentury Downtown : a Visual History of Lower Manhattan
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
IllustratorYes
GenreArchitecture, History
AuthorMatt Kapp
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight64.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width12 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2019-947982
Reviews"Well researched, Kapp's volume will thrill urban historians and those who call New York City home." -Publishers Weekly, Well researched, Kapp's volume will thrill urban historians and those who call New York City home.
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SynopsisShowcasing an unprecedented array of photographs, paintings, renderings, drawings, and other images culled from dozens of archives and individual collections worldwide, A Century Downtown ensures that no one will ever forget the vast and varied history of this famous part of New York City. Catchphrases like "urban renewal" have a nice ring to them, but none measure up to the tectonic, often brutal metamorphoses that have remade Lower Manhattan over the last century. Downtown's defining cataclysmic event is undeniably 9/11. Yet we often forget that the original World Trade Center grew out of the wholesale demolition of an entire neighborhood, home to more than 300 electronics businesses employing some 30,000 workers. We forget that the first "worst terrorist attack in American history"--the Wall Street bombing of 1920--claimed 38 lives and triggered a tsunami of anti-immigrant sentiment that swept Warren G. Harding into the White House. We forget that Washington Street was once home to the biggest Arab-American community in the country, known as Little Syria, eventually displaced by the transportation appetite of a burgeoning suburbia. A Century Downtown raises these and other pivotal events--some mere footnotes to the city's official history--into sharp relief. It's a remarkable visual journey guided by a fascinating historical narrative that sheds new light on the evolution of Lower Manhattan over the past hundred years., Catchphrases like 'urban renewal' have a nice ring to them, but none measure up to the tectonic, often brutal metamorphoses that have remade Lower Manhattan over the last century. A Century Downtown raises these and other pivotal events - some mere footnotes to the city s official history - into sharp relief. Informing and expanding on this extraordinary imagery is a rich, multilayered narrative spotlighting the parallels, ironies and oddities of downtown's remarkable arc., Showcasing an unprecedented array of photographs, paintings, renderings, drawings, and other images culled from dozens of archives and individual collections worldwide, A Century Downtown ensures that no one will ever forget the vast and varied history of this famous part of New York City. Catchphrases like "urban renewal" have a nice ring to them, but none measure up to the tectonic, often brutal metamorphoses that have remade Lower Manhattan over the last century. Downtown's defining cataclysmic event is undeniably 9/11. Yet we often forget that the original World Trade Center grew out of the wholesale demolition of an entire neighborhood, home to more than 300 electronics businesses employing some 30,000 workers. We forget that the first "worst terrorist attack in American history"-the Wall Street bombing of 1920-claimed 38 lives and triggered a tsunami of anti-immigrant sentiment that swept Warren G. Harding into the White House. We forget that Washington Street was once home to the biggest Arab-American community in the country, known as Little Syria, eventually displaced by the transportation appetite of a burgeoning suburbia. A Century Downtown raises these and other pivotal events-some mere footnotes to the city's official history-into sharp relief. It's a remarkable visual journey guided by a fascinating historical narrative that sheds new light on the evolution of Lower Manhattan over the past hundred years., An unprecedented collection of historical and contemporary images showcasing the iconic history of Lower Manhattan.
LC Classification NumberMLCM 2021/45246 (N)
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