Twentieth-century New York is now famous as the city of "cliff dwellers," but in the second half of the nineteenth century, middle-class apartments in Manhattan were a new—and somewhat suspect—architectural form. Alone Together presents a history of the "invention" of New York apartment houses.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: Elizabeth Collins CromleyEAN: 9780801423246COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: 272WEIGHT: 907 gHEIGHT: 254 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University PressDATE PUBLISHED: 1990-03-06CITY: GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use PlanningWIDTH: 178 mmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, City and town planning: architectural aspects
Elizabeth Collins Cromley is Professor of Architectural History at Northeastern University and the coauthor of Invitation to Vernacular Architecture.
Twentieth-century New York is now famous as the city of "cliff dwellers," but in the second half of the nineteenth century, middle-class apartments in Manhattan were a new—and somewhat suspect—architectural form. Alone Together presents a history of the "invention" of New York apartment houses.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: Elizabeth Collins CromleyEAN: 9780801423246COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: 272WEIGHT: 907 gHEIGHT: 254 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University PressDATE PUBLISHED: 1990-03-06CITY: GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use PlanningWIDTH: 178 mmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, City and town planning: architectural aspects
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