书目

GrandCentralTerminal:100YearsofaNewYorkLandmark

内容简介

OpenedinFebruary1913,GrandCentralTerminal—oneofthecountry’sgreatarchitecturalmonuments—helpedcreateMidtownManhattan.Overthenextcentury,itevolvedintoanunofficialtownsquareforNewYork.Today,itsitsastrideParkAvenueat42ndStreetinallitsoriginalsplendor,attractingvisitorsbythethousands.ThisnewbookcelebratesGrandCentral’sCentennialbytracingtheTerminal’shistoryanddesign,andshowcasing200photographsofitswonders—fromthewell-troddenMainConcoursetoitsmassivepowerstationhidden10storiesbelow.Thestunningphotographs,somearchivalandsometakenbyFrankEnglish,officialphotographerofMetro-NorthRailroadformorethan25years,captureeverycornerofthisastonishingcomplex.
PraiseforGrandCentralTerminal:

“Thebookisthoroughlyresearchedandreadslikealibraryofdesign,lifestyles,artandtriviathatevenNewYorkersdon’tknow.”—NYArtsMagazine

作者简介

AnthonyW.Robins,formerlysurveydirectorforNewYork’sLandmarksCommission,haswrittenandlecturedaboutthecity’sarchitectureandhistoryfor30years.TheauthorofClassicsofAmericanArchitecture:TheWorldTradeCenterandSubwayStyle,hehaswrittenfortheNewYorkTimes,NewYorkMagazine,andArchitecturalRecord.TheNewYorkTransitMuseum,locatedinBrooklyn,collectshistoricalartifactsthatillustratemasstransit’scriticalroleintheregion’seconomicandresidentialdevelopmentsincethe19thcentury.,,,

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