Stanford White's New York
By: David Garrard Lowe.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: White, Stanford, 1853-1906 -- Criticism and interpretation; Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Description: A founding partner in the legendary architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, Stanford White designed numerous urban masterpieces, including Judson Memorial Church, Washington Square Arch, Madison Square Garden, the Players, Metropolitan, and Colony Clubs, and now-vanished palazzi for a remarkable list of clients that included the Whitneys, the Vanderbilts, the Pulitzers, and the Stuyvesant Fishes.

In the years since White's death, he has been both reviled as "depraved" and praised as "the greatest designer that this country has ever produced." This amusing, scholarly, and elegant account of White's love affair with, and legacy to, New York City provides compelling evidence in support of the latter view.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-333) and index.