Port of Spain
Subtitle: an architectural record
By: [photographs: Brian Lewis ; copy editor: Melissa Silva-Ross]
Contributors: Silva-Ross, Melissa, editor
Publisher: LUMIS Photography
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Westmoorings, Trinidad and Tobago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9789768308290
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Architecture; Pictorial works; History; Buildings, structures; Vernacular architecture; Tropical Architecture; Architecture vernaculaire; Ouvrages illustrés; Architecture tropicale; Buildings
Description: "Port of Spain: An Architectural Record is a snapshot of the city and its districts: Belmont, Downtown, Newtown, Woodbrook, St. Clair, St. James and Uptown.  The publication will include essays on conservation, urban planning and design that provide a wider context for reviewing images of the city. The Foreword is by His Worship the Mayor of Port of Spain Joel Martinez, the introduction is by Brian Lewis, with articles by Geoffrey MacLean, Stephen Stuempfle, Rudylynn De Four Roberts, Gary Turton, Margaret McDowall, and Gregory Aboud, with a Postscript by Brian Lewis.  The main component of the publication will be Lewis' photography of building facades throughout the city that helps form a snapshot of the urban landscape, as well as maps of the districts that help the viewer deepen their understanding of the city."--Publisher's web site, viewed Mar. 23, 2022.
Notes: Includes index of streets.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / His Worship the Mayor, Joel Martinez; title: Port Of Spain: An Architectural Record / Brian Lewis; title: Port of Spain: From an Amerindian Fishing Village to An Important National Capital / Geoffrey MacLean; title: Recreating Port of Spain: The US Army Acquires King George V Park, 1941 / Stephen Stuempfle; title: Port of Spain Typology Charts and Maps; title: James; title: St. Clair; title: Newtown; title: Woodbrock; title: Downtown; title: Uptown; title: Belmont; title: How Do We Save Our Built Heritage? / Margaret McDowall; title: Restoring  Neighbourhoods: East Port of Spain / Gary Turton; title: Preservation of Heritage Can Be Good Business / Rudylynn De Four Roberts; title: Major Challenges Lie Ahead for the City of Port of Spain / Gregory E. Aboud.