Description

Large format paperback, quarto size volume perfect bound in stiff white card pictorial covers. 148 pages. Illustrated extensively with line drawings by author. First edition thus, a republication of the edition originally published by Harper & Row, New York, 1987. An illustrated history of the architecture of Manhattan from the first Dutch villages through the construction of such modern buildings as the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. Included also is the infrastructure below ground, with explanation of the construction of the subway tunnels and that of spanning New Yorks various waterways, with details of the evolution of bridge-building. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked copy. Near fine.