Research Catalog

Title

• The Empire State Building : the making of a landmark / John Tauranac ; with a new epilogue by the author.

Author

Tauranac, John, 1939-

Publication

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2014]

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Details

Description

387 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Architecture > New York
• Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
• New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-378) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The building -- The skyscraper -- Zoning the city -- The boom of the Twenties -- The odd couple -- The firm -- The site -- The style -- The design -- The contractors -- The mooring mast -- Building the building -- The opening -- The staff and tenants -- The bust of the Thirties -- The war -- Since the war.

ISBN

• 9780801479397 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0801479398 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013036750

OCLC

858610872

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library