The Flatiron : the New York landmark and the incomparable city that arose with it /
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Anderson - Anderson Main Library | 974.7 Alexiou Alice (Text) | 22960000248533 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
York - Rock Hill Branch | 974.7 ALEXIOU (Text) | 33205009766763 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 0312384688
- ISBN: 9780312384685
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Physical Description:
xxi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | George Allon Fuller -- Eno's Flatiron -- Chicago's gift -- Preparing to build -- Bigger and bigger -- The Skyscraper trust -- The Flatiron opens for business -- 23 Skiddoo -- Water and wind -- Allon -- Uptown -- Sur le Flat-Iron -- The big landlord. |
Summary, etc.: | The story of the instantly recognisable building that signalled the start of a new era for New York, & the unusual characters who played a part in the creation of 'The Flatiron'. |
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ALICE SPARBERG ALEXIOU is the author of Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary. She has been an editor of Lilith magazine and written for The New York Times and Newsday, among others. She is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and has a Ph.D. in classics from Fordham University. She lives in New York.