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- catalog abstract "Millions of visitors flock to New York each year to witness the excitement of Wall Street, famous for its shoulder-to-shoulder Deco towers jostling for prominence above the canyon like streets. Skyscraper Rivals is the first book to examine the architecture of Wall Street between the wars through an amazing array of contemporary and archival images and an informed discussion of the financial, geographical, and historical forces that shaped this district. The book focuses on the AIG Building-once known as the Cities Service Building-and three other major towers in the financial district, in their race to be the tallest, the most modern, and the most lavish. We meet the tycoons who paid for these structures, the architects who designed them, the workers who labored in them, and the artists and photographers who portrayed them. The economics of skyscraper construction and the real-estate market of Wall Street are explained; also included are illuminating details and anecdotes surrounding each building's history. An essay by Carol Willis, director of New York's Skyscraper Museum and author of Form Follows Finance, provides an introduction.".
- catalog alternative "American International Group Building".
- catalog alternative "Architecture of Wall Street".
- catalog contributor b12046660.
- catalog coverage "New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog coverage "Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-200) and index.".
- catalog description "Millions of visitors flock to New York each year to witness the excitement of Wall Street, famous for its shoulder-to-shoulder Deco towers jostling for prominence above the canyon like streets. Skyscraper Rivals is the first book to examine the architecture of Wall Street between the wars through an amazing array of contemporary and archival images and an informed discussion of the financial, geographical, and historical forces that shaped this district. The book focuses on the AIG Building-once known as the Cities Service Building-and three other major towers in the financial district, in their race to be the tallest, the most modern, and the most lavish. We meet the tycoons who paid for these structures, the architects who designed them, the workers who labored in them, and the artists and photographers who portrayed them. The economics of skyscraper construction and the real-estate market of Wall Street are explained; also included are illuminating details and anecdotes surrounding each building's history. An essay by Carol Willis, director of New York's Skyscraper Museum and author of Form Follows Finance, provides an introduction.".
- catalog extent "xv, 207 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Skyscraper rivals.".
- catalog identifier "1568982445 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Skyscraper rivals.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Princeton Architectural Press,".
- catalog relation "Skyscraper rivals.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
- catalog spatial "Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "20 Exchange Place (New York, N.Y.)".
- catalog subject "40 Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)".
- catalog subject "720/.483/09747109042 21".
- catalog subject "AIG Building (New York, N.Y.)".
- catalog subject "Art deco (Architecture) New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "NA6233.N5 A363 2001".
- catalog subject "One Wall Street (New York, N.Y. : 1931-)".
- catalog subject "Skyscrapers New York (State) New York.".
- catalog title "American International Group Building".
- catalog title "Architecture of Wall Street".
- catalog title "Skyscraper rivals : the AIG Building and the architecture of Wall Street / Daniel M. Abramson, introduction by Carol Willis.".
- catalog type "text".