Skyscraper Rivals: The AIG Building and the Architecture of Wall Street

Abramson, Daniel. M

ISBN 10: 1568982445 / ISBN 13: 9781568982441

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2001

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Size: Folio 12 - 19". xvi + 207pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine cocked. Dust Jacket slightly creased with barcode sticker. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Architecture; United States; Modern; Art & Design. ISBN: 1568982445. ISBN/EAN: 9781568982441. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60622.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Skyscraper Rivals: The AIG Building and the Architecture of Wall Street
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568982445
• ISBN 13: 9781568982441
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Carol Willis is founding director of the Skyscraper Museum in New York City.

Daniel M. Abramson is an assistant professor of art history at Tufts University who has written extensively on another financial structure, John Soane's Bank of England.