Main entry:

Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee.

Title & Author:

Landmarks : eighteen wonders of the New York world / Barbaralee Diamonstein ; illustrations by Albert Lorenz.

Publication:

New York : Abrams, 1992.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
What Is a Landmark? -- Bowne House (1661) / Weeping Beech (1847) -- Morris -- Jumel Mansion (1765) -- City Hall (1803-12) -- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site (1848) -- E. V. Haughwout Building (1856) -- Central Park (Begun 1857) -- Brooklyn Bridge (1867-83) -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Begun 1874) -- The Dakota (1880-84) -- Carnegie Hall (1890-97) -- The New York Public Library (1902-11) -- U.S. Custom House (1907) -- Grand Central Terminal (1913) -- Chrysler Building (1928-30) -- Rockefeller Center (1931-39) -- Lever House (1950-52) / Seagram Building (1956-58).

Summary:

Explores the architecture of New York City by examining eighteen landmarks and discussing how and why they were built.

ISBN:

0810935651
9780810935655

Subject:

Architecture New York (State) New York Juvenile literature.
Historic buildings New York (State) New York Juvenile literature.
Architecture and society New York (State) New York Juvenile literature.
Architecture New York (State) New York.
Architecture New York (État) New York Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Monuments historiques New York (État) New York Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Architecture et société New York (État) New York Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Architecture.
Architecture and society.
Buildings.
Historic buildings.
Architecture, American.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.) Constructions Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
New York (State) New York.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings.

Form/genre:

Literature.
Juvenile works.
Littérature.

Added entries:

Lorenz, Albert, 1941- illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 75229
Call No.: ID:92-B2484
Status: Available