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The Flatiron : the New York landmark and the incomparable city that arose with it / Alice Sparberg Alexiou.
Main entry:

Alexiou, Alice Sparberg, 1951-

Title & Author:

The Flatiron : the New York landmark and the incomparable city that arose with it / Alice Sparberg Alexiou.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.

Description:

xxi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
George Allon Fuller -- Eno's Flatiron -- Chicago's gift -- Preparing to build -- Bigger and bigger -- The Skyscraper trust -- The Flatiron opens for business -- 23 Skiddoo -- Water and wind -- Allon -- Uptown -- Sur le Flat-Iron -- The big landlord.
Dust jacket.
Summary:

Tells the story of the construction of the Flatiron Building in New York City within the context of the times in which it was built in the early twentieth century.

ISBN:

9780312384685 (alk. paper)
0312384688 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.) History.
Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.)
Office buildings New York (State) New York Design and construction History 19th century.
Architecture New York (State) New York History.
Technological innovations Social aspects New York (State) New York History 19th century.
City and town life New York (State) New York History 19th century.
Architecture New York (État) New York Histoire.
Innovations Aspect social New York (État) New York Histoire 19e siècle.
Vie urbaine New York (État) New York Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture.
Buildings.
City and town life.
Manners and customs.
Office buildings Design and construction.
Technological innovations Social aspects.
Architecture New York (State) New York History 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.) History 1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) Biography.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire 1865-1898.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

Biography
Nonfiction.
Biographies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275417
Call No.: BIB 209646
Status: Available

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