Fifth Avenue
From Washington Square to Marcus Garvey Park
$43.39
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2022
Summary
Fifth Avenue encapsulates the architectural and social history of New York’s most elegant and glamorous street in six walks that guide readers from the Washington Square Arch in Greenwich Village to Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem.
Fifth Avenue offers readers an architectural tour of Fifth Avenue, stopping at the city’s major monuments - the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral - as well as the luxurious glamour of Tiffany’s, Cartier, and the Plaza Hotel a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781580936071 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1580936075 |
| Author: | William J. Hennessey |
| Publisher: | Monacelli Press |
| Imprint: | Monacelli Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 640g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
’[Features the] most stunning architectural gems on New York’s Fifth Avenue … these buildings make an impression on New Yorkers and tourists alike.’ - Architectural Digest
‘Richly illustrated with vivid photographs, vintage illustrations, and maps, this book about strolling and looking, about observing and wondering serves as a winning homage to its famous subject. Architecture and history buffs will be enthralled.’ - Publishers Weekly
’[Features the] most stunning architectural gems on New York’s Fifth Avenue … these buildings make an impression on New Yorkers and tourists alike.’ - Architectural Digest
’[A]n homage to Fifth Avenue … [features] six richly detailed walking tours that together take us all the way from Greenwich Village in the south to Harlem in the north.’ - Interior Design
‘This guide provides a perfect adventure for urban explorers with good walking shoes. Lovely maps and loads of photographs guide you through the avenue’s most interesting landmarks — from bohemian treasures and early townhouses around Washington Square Park to the jewels of Harlem.’ - Bowery Boys
About The Author
William J. Hennessey
William J. Hennessey is an architectural historian who has taught at Vassar College, the University of Kansas, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Michigan and directed the art museums at each of those institutions. From 1997 to 2014 he was director of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. Hennessey is the author of catalogs and articles on a wide range of art and design topics, including nineteenth-century architecture and twentieth-century industrial design as well as the monograph Russel Wright: American Designer and Walking Broadway: Thirteen Miles of Architecture and History (Monacelli, 2020), a tour of Manhattan from the Battery to the Harlem River.
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