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Grand Central Terminal: Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City Capa dura - 2001
por Kurt C. Schlichting
This history of New York's Grand Central Station incorporates the story of a city and an age, as reflected in the building aptly described as a secular cathedral. 11 line drawings, 82 halftones.
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Winner, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award in Architecture, Association of American Publishers
Grand Central Terminal, one of New York City's preeminent buildings, stands as a magnificent Beaux-Arts monument to America's Railway Age, and it remains a vital part of city life today. Completed in 1913 after ten years of construction, the terminal became the city's most important transportation hub, linking long-distance and commuter trains to New York's network of subways, elevated trains, and streetcars.
In Grand Central Terminal, Kurt C. Schlichting traces the history of this spectacular building, detailing the colorful personalities, bitter conflicts, and Herculean feats of engineering behind its construction. Completed in 1871, the first Grand Central was the largest rail facility in the world and yet--cramped and overburdened--soon proved thoroughly inadequate for the needs of this rapidly expanding city. William Wilgus, chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad, conceived a new Grand Central Terminal, one that would fully meet the needs of the New York Central line. Schlichting concludes with an account of the public outcry that prevented the proposed demolition of the terminal in 1969 and the meticulous 1990s restoration project that returned Grand Central Terminal to its original splendor.
More than a history of a train station, this book is the story of a city and an age as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral.
Grand Central Terminal is celebrated for its Beaux-Arts style, but Kurt C. Schlichting looks behind the facade to see the hidden engineering marvels . . . [His] book will deepen anyone's appreciation for New York's most magnificent interior space.--New York Times Book Review
Schlichting writes with deep understanding of Grand Central's engineering feats and artistic qualities.--Wilson Quarterly
Schlichting's history of New York's Grand Central Terminal gathers many actors and events into a clearly written and amply illustrated narrative of American commercial initiative.--Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
--Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., author of Royal Blue Line and Impossible Challenge: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Maryland "The Michigan Railfan"Detalhes
- Título Grand Central Terminal: Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City
- Autor Kurt C. Schlichting
- Encadernação Capa dura
- Edição First Edition
- Páginas 264
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
- Data de publicação March 12, 2001
- Ilustrado Sim
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780801865107 / 0801865107
- Peso 1.63 libras (0.74 kg)
- Dimensão 10.26 x 7.25 x 0.94 in. (26.06 x 18.42 x 2.39 cm)
- Época de 18 a UP anos
- séries 13 - UP
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Library of Congress subjects Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.) -, Railroad terminals - New York (State) - New
- Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos 00008641
- Dewey Decimal Code 385.314
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Citações
- Choice, 10/01/2001, Page 300
- Library Journal, 02/15/2001, Page 165
- New York Times, 07/22/2001, Page 24
- Publishers Weekly, 03/19/2001, Page 93
- Scitech Book News, 09/01/2001, Page 142
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