内容简介
ToutedbyPublisher'sWeeklyas"anunprecedentedrecord,"thenewbookintheNewYorkseries,NewYork2000,isindeedanexceptionalsurveyofthisgreatcity'sarchitecturalheritage.Astheworld'sfinancialandculturalcapital,NewYorkdemandsthebestinarchitecturaldesignandbalancestheconstantpressuretobuildwiththeneedtopreserveitshistoricfabric.AuthorRobertA.M.Sternandhiscolleaguestracetheriseandfalloftherealestatemarket,theimpactofthedesignationofhistoricdistrictsandnewzoningondevelopment,andtheemergenceofnewcommercialandresidentialcenters.Thesurveyisorganizedgeographically,movingnorthfromLowerManhattanandcoveringtheBronx,Queens,Brooklyn,andStatenIslandaswell.NewYork2000documentsmilestonesinthecity'sarchitecturalhistoryoverthepastfortyyears—thedevelopmentofBatteryParkCity,therebirthofHarlemandTimesSquare,thecreationoftheculturalprecinctaroundthenewMoMA,andthereclaimingofthewaterfrontalongtheEastandHudsonRiversasrecreationalparkland—andcelebratestheachievementsofinternationallyrecognizedarchitectssuchasSirNormanFoster,CesarPelli,RichardMeier,andRenzoPiano.