From Library Journal
This very up-to-date new edition of AIA's Guide to New York City is a descriptive and interesting look at the city's changing assortment of architecture, including firehouses, parks, schools, parking garages, churches, bridges, and other landmarks. Composed of over 2000 new photographs (several per page), 100 maps, and hundreds of new short but brutally honest entries, the guide is arranged geographically by borough, and while it does indeed cover each one, the book inevitably focuses on Manhattan. White, an architect and educator, and Willensky (When Brooklyn Was the World) have divided each borough into sectors and then into neighborhood areas, and fairly lengthy commentaries under each heading describe the character of each division. There is an extensive index and a fairly interesting glossary at the beginning of the book. There is also a picture of a library that completed construction in late 1999. It has been 12 years since the last edition, so public and academic libraries may desire an updated copy, especially if there is interest in New York or its architecture.DAlison Hopkins, Queens Borough P.L., Jamaica, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Blithe in spirit and unerring in vision."
-- New York Magazine
"An architect's romp though five boroughs."
-- The Daily Record, New Jersey
"A book for architectural gourmands and gastronomic gourmets."
-- The Village Voice
"Keen wit and perceptive observations."
-- The Book of the Month Club
"A definitive record of New York's architectural heritage . . . a witty and helpful pocketful which serves as arbiter of architects, baedeker for boulevardiers, catalog for the curious, primer for preservationists, [and] sourcebook to students. For all who seek to know of New York, it is here.
No home should be without a copy."
-- Municipal Art Society
"Smart, vivid, funny, and opionated."
-- The New York Times
-- New York Magazine
"An architect's romp though five boroughs."
-- The Daily Record, New Jersey
"A book for architectural gourmands and gastronomic gourmets."
-- The Village Voice
"Keen wit and perceptive observations."
-- The Book of the Month Club
"A definitive record of New York's architectural heritage . . . a witty and helpful pocketful which serves as arbiter of architects, baedeker for boulevardiers, catalog for the curious, primer for preservationists, [and] sourcebook to students. For all who seek to know of New York, it is here.
No home should be without a copy."
-- Municipal Art Society
"Smart, vivid, funny, and opionated."
-- The New York Times
