New York Transformed The Architecture of Cross
- 作者
- 出版社 The Monacelli Press
- 出版时间 2014年4月
- ISBN 9781580933803
- 定价 415.10
内容简介
ThearchitectsCross&CrossshapedthestreetscapeandskylineofNewYorkCityinthe1920sand1930swithUpperEastSidetownhousesandapartmentbuildings，theRCAVictorBuilding，andTiffany’sflagshipstoreon57thStreet.WorkingthroughaperiodofAmericanhistorythatsawdramaticchange，fromluxuriousapartmentbuildingsduringtheeconomicboomofthe1920s，tofederalcommissionsduringtheDepression，thebrothersJohnandEliotCrossweremastersoftheircraft.Well-connectedsocietymenwhoalsoshowedremarkableforesightinbusiness，Cross&CrosssupportedtheirpracticewithapartneredrealestatefirmandplayedavitalroleinresidentialdevelopmentslikeSuttonPlacealongtheEastRiver.Cross&CrossoversawthedevelopmentofhandsomeclubsandhousesthroughoutNewYorkCity，includingtheLinksClubandtheUpperEastSidehousesofLewisSpencerMorrisandGeorgeWhitney.TheydesignedcountryhousesinexclusiveresidentialpocketsoutsideNewYork—theSouthamptonestateofWinterthurfounderHenryFrancisduPont;housesontheNorthShoreofLongIsland，andinGreenwich，Connecticut;thechildhoodhomeofSisterParishinFarHills，NewJersey;andtheShelburne，VermonthomeofJ.WatsonandElectraWebb.InthisfirstbooktocollecttheachievementsofCross&Cross，PeterPennoyerandAnneWalkerpresentacomprehensivemonographofthefirm’swork，withmorethan300illustrationsbothhistoricandnewandacatalogueraisonnéoftheirprojects.
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