The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day
Language: English
Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2002
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- Title
- The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day
- Author
- Stravitz, David
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1568983549
- ISBN 13
- 9781568983547
- Item weight
- 2.82 pounds
But, until now, this magnificent building has also been one of the least documented and studied, a simple result of the fact that there were no known archives relating to its design or construction. This material was lost in the decades following its completion, or so everyone believed, until author David Stravitz discovered a box of negatives on the floor of a defunct stock photo company, just days before they were to be shipped off for silver reclamation. The never-before-seen photographs, reproduced as sumptuous duotones in this oversize book, illustrate the day-by-day construction of this American icon.
The photographs were taken by professional photo companies hired to document the construction of the building. In so doing, they also captured the day-to-day life taking place on the streets and in the environs of the Chrysler Building in exquisite detail.
This book beautifully illustrates the history of one of the most important buildings in New York as it emerged from street level to spire.
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About the Author
Christopher Gray is an architectural historian and a preeminent authority on New York City whose writing appears frequently in the New York Times.
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