Elegant New York
Subtitle: the builders and the buildings, 1885-1915
By: by John Tauranac ; photographed by Christopher Little.
Contributors: Little, Christopher.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Eclecticism in architecture -- New York (State) -- New York.; Architecture, Victorian -- New York (State) -- New York.; Architecture, Edwardian -- New York (State) -- New York.; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Description: A history of the buildings created during the Age of elegance, telling who the builders were and why they built what they did - Chapters are arranged by neighbourhood - Grand Central Station - Smithsonian Institute - Fifth Avenue - Beaux-Arts design.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [273]-275.
Includes index.