Bricks and brownstone
Subtitle: the New York row house, 1783-1929
By: Charles Lockwood ; original photography by Robert Mayer ; color plates by Madeleine Isom ; walking tour photography by Christopher Puchalski ; introduction by Paul Goldberger.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Rizzoli; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Row houses -- New York (State) -- New York.; Brick houses -- New York (State) -- New York.; Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- New York.; Dwellings -- New York (State) -- New York.; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York.; New York (New York State) -- History.
Other titles: New York row house, 1783-1929
Description: "Bricks and Brownstone was the first - and is still the only - book to examine in depth the varied architectural styles of the much-loved New York City row house, or "brownstone." When it first came out, and in several subsequent editions, Bricks and Brownstone helped pave the way for a brownstone revival that has transformed the very appearance of the city. No other book has so thoroughly delved into the ways of life of the nineteenth-century families who lived in these homes or has so authoritatively dealt with the development and growth of the historic and highly desirable row house neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn." "Boasting more than 300 color and black and white illustrations, this definitive volume examines in detail the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Second Empire architectural styles of the early and mid-nineteenth century, as well as the Neo Grec, Romanesque, Renaissance Revival, and American Colonial Revival styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-297) and index.
Previous ed.: 1972.
"Classical America."
"A New York bound book."