New York 2000: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Bicentennial and the Millennium
"The architect's brilliant fifth installment of his appraisal of  the city from 1880 on" --The New York Times, December 10, 2006Let's open the big presents first. The season's whopper, in every  way, is "New York 2000." - William Grimes --The New York Times, December 15, 2006Simply put, Robert A. M. Stern's "New York 2000," together with its four preceding volumes, represents the fullest and finest historical account of any city ever attempted. In all, these volumes constitute more than 5,000 full-sized pages and more than 10 million words, consecrated to the architectural and urban development of New York from the aftermath of the Civil War to the present day. --James Gardner, The New York Sun, November 8, 2006This fascinating book by architect Robert A. M. Stern and fellow  historian completes his epic five-part series on New York City from the  post-Civil War era to the present. The authors chronicle the most recent  chapter of a complex ongoing story, the built life of a great American  city. They tell the tale neighborhood by neighborhood, from the development  of Battery Park City to Harlem, renascent again, from the reinvention of  the waterfront to the outer boroughs. Tolstoyan in length, at 1,520 pages,  in specificity of detail and in a perspective that balances individual  efforts and the forces of economics, politics and popular culture, this  book is a monumental achievement--and a great, brilliantly illustrated  read. --Judith Nasatir --Veranda Magazine, November-December 2006