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Show First published in the United States of America in 1983 by RIZZOLI INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS, INC. , 300 Park Avenue South, New York, N. Y. 10010. Copyright © 1983 Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. Reprinted 1992 First paperback edition, 1995. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission in writing from Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Stem, Robert A. M. New York 1900. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. New York (N. Y.)-Buildings. 2. Architecture, Modern-19th century-New York (N.Y.) 3. Architecture, Modem-20th century-New York (N.Y.) 4. New York (N.Y.) -City planning. 5. City planning-New York (State) I. Gilmartin, Gregory. II. Massengale, John Montague. III. Title. NJ\735.N5S73 720'.9747'1 83-42995 ISBN 0-8478-0511-5 ISBN 0-8478-1934-5 (Paperback) Designed by Martin Moskof, assisted by Susan Ritzau, and George Brady Set in type and printed by Eastern Press, New Haven, Connecticut Reprinted by Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Michigan Distributed by St. Martin's Press Frontispiece: View of lower Manhattan ca. 1913, from a private collection ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many people helped with New York 1900. We are most grateful to Christopher Gray, Director of the Office for Metropolitan History, who generously shared with us his wide knowledge of New York architecture and architectural sources. Erica Millar, Dan Schneider and Oscar Sha· mamian were invaluable research assistants. Cathy Martinez and Char· ling Chang Fagan and her entire staff at Columbia University's Avery LIbrary gave every assistance. Curtis Channing Blake, Keith Morgan and Richard Oliver kindly allowed us to read their unpublished manuscripts, which have been cited in the appropriate footnotes. For the photographic research, we must thank the patient staffs at New York City's two great collections , the New·York Historical Society and the Museum of the City of New York. Steve Miller and Jennifer Bright at the Museum of the City of New York, and Helena Zinkham at the New·York Historical Society were especially helpful. Esther Brumberg, former curator at the museum, lent her invaluable assistance in finding seemingly unobtainable photographs. Marty Messic and Steve Lewis spent long hours shooting the material used at Avery Library. Finally, no book of this complexity can be published without a great deal of care by those in production. Amy Hatkoff heroically typed the first handwritten drafts; Kathy Kirchner typed and retyped later versions of the text with unflagging enthusiasm, never losing or mislocatingeven one o.f o~r thousands of footnotes; and Stanley Wilder White read the galleys, fIndIng errors we had missed. Martin Moskof and Susan Ritzau designed the book, drawing it all together in an elegant, evocative and fresh manner; while Solveig Williams and Lynne Creighton· Neall at Rizzoli International Publications guided us through the writing, editing and printing. Our publisher, Gianfranco Monacelli, never flagged in his sup· port or commitment to make New York 1900 a work of permanent value. |
