Wonderstruck

Wonderstruck

Author: Brian Selznick

Publisher: Scholastic

Published: 2015-09-03

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1407166557

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Ben's story takes place in 1977 and is told in words. Rose's story in 1927 is told entirely in pictures. Ever since his mother died, Ben feels lost. At home with her father, Rose feels alone. When Ben finds a mysterious clue hidden in his mother's room, both children risk everything to find what's missing.


Never Built New York

Never Built New York

Author: Greg Goldin

Publisher: DAP/Distributed Art Publishers

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 9781938922756

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Following on the success of Never Built Los Angeles (Metropolis Books, 2013), authors Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell now turn their eye to New York City. New York towers among world capitals, but the city we know might have reached even more stellar heights, or burrowed into more destructive depths, had the ideas pictured in the minds of its greatest dreamers progressed beyond the drawing board and taken form in stone, steel, and glass. What is wonderfully elegant and grand might easily have been ingloriously grandiose; what is blandly unremarkable, equally, might have become delightfully provocative or humanely inspiring. The ambitious schemes gathered here tell the story of a different skyline and a different sidewalk alike. Nearly 200 ambitious proposals spanning 200 years encompass bridges, skyscrapers, master plans, parks, transit schemes, amusements, airports, plans to fill in rivers and extend Manhattan, and much, much more. Included are alternate visions for such landmarks as Central Park, Columbus Circle, Lincoln Center, MoMA, the U.N., Grand Central Station and the World Trade Centre site, among many others sites. Fact-filled and entertaining texts, as well as sketches, renderings, prints, and models drawn from archives all across the New York metropolitan region tell stories of a new New York, one that surely would have changed the way we inhabit and move through the city.


The Painted Panorama

The Painted Panorama

Author: William Slattery Lieberman

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2000-03

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0810943654

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In the first half of the 20th century, Paris was the undisputed centre of the art world. This book showcases 115 works from that period chosen for an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.


New York Vertical

New York Vertical

Author: Horst Hamann

Publisher: teNeues

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9783823803706

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Some people may mistakenly overlook this book because of the novelty of its central idea--upending a panoramic camera to shoot New York City vertically. But veteran photographer Horst Hamann's pictures have nothing gimmicky about them; in fact, like Berenice Abbott's, they seem destined for New York City photo immortality. The pictures are beautifully controlled--in vision, in camera technique, and in printing. What's more, Hamann bends the city to his vision of light, air, and geometry. A shot of the Statue of Liberty's right arm, holding the lamp aloft, is a masterwork of composition and care. It's as if Hamann somehow arranged for the sea below to darken in precisely the same gradations as the Lady's stately arm. Compare it to a dizzying picture of one of the Chrysler Building's shiny eagle heads, or a serene moment among the hosta lilies in Trinity Church cemetery for a grasp of Hamann's range. Each photograph is paired with a quotation on the opposite page, such as Walt Whitman's "The beautiful city, the city of hurried and sparkling waters!" or former mayor James J. Walker's quip, "I'd rather be a lamppost in New York than Mayor of Chicago." The back of the book contains information on the places in the photographs. On a shelf of New York books, this one might take its place next to Paul Goldberger's classic, The City Observed, as a fresh example of how New York's stone, steel, and glass architectural icons are reinvented with each new visionary.


New York Modern

New York Modern

Author: William B. Scott

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780801867934

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Handsomely illustrated and engagingly written, New York Modern documents the impressive collective legacy of New York's artists in capturing the energy and emotions of the urban experience.


New York Magazine

New York Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1984-11-26

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.


Nosh New York

Nosh New York

Author: Myra Alperson

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2003-09-20

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780312304171

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A thorough and delightful guide to the best ethnic food spots in New York City. Popular with locals as well as tourists, Alperson's Nosh Walk tours uncover delicious, little-known markets, bakeries, and eateries that offer the best foods in the city.


Hudson River Panorama

Hudson River Panorama

Author: Tammis K. Groft

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2009-11-04

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781438432564

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Beautifully illustrated history of the Hudson River and its impact on the peoples and landscape of New York State.


New York's Animation Culture

New York's Animation Culture

Author: Kristian Moen

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-11-21

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 3030279316

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This book reveals and explores the thriving animation culture in midtown Manhattan, the World’s Fair, art galleries and cinemas during a vibrant period of artistic, commercial and industrial activity in New York City. Alongside a detailed investigation of animated film at the time – ranging from the abstract works of Mary Ellen Bute and Norman McLaren to the exhibition practices of the Disney Studios and the New York World’s Fair – New York’s Animation Culture examines a host of other animated forms, including moving dioramas, illuminated billboards, industrial displays, gallery exhibitions, mobile murals, and shop windows. In this innovative microhistory of animation, Moen combines the study of art, culture, design and film to offer a fine-grained account of an especially lively animation culture that was seen as creating new media, expanding the cinema experience, giving expression to utopian dreams of modernity, and presenting dynamic visions of a kinetic future.