Author: ADAMS, MICHAEL HENRY
Title: Harlem, lost and found : an Architectural and social history, 1765-1915
Description: New York. N. Y. : Monacelli Press 2002. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 280 pages; Physical desc. : 280 p ; 30 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject: Architecture --New York (State) --New York --Harlem (New York. N.Y.) --Buildings. structures. etc. Summary: Long identified with African-American style and culture. Harlem is also a pillar of New York's social and architectural history. In this beautifully illustrated study. historian Michael Henry Adams presents an evocative portrait of the various and divergent Harlems of yesteryear. from the Native American settlements discovered by the Dutch in the seventeenth century to the vibrant community of present-day preservationists. In addition to the legacy of residential architecture Dutch farmhouses. Native American longhouses. mansions and country villas. thoughtfully planned row houses. and handsome apartment buildings. the author examines schools. industrial facilities. stores. churches. and more. Harlem's spectrum of designers ranges from the well known McKim. Mead and White. responsible for part of Strivers' Row; George B. Post and Sons. architects of the monumental Shepard Hall at the City College of the City University of New York to practitioners who. though today mostly forgotten. designed much of the urban fabric of Harlem and New York City. All have contributed to an extraordinarily rich streetscape that today preserves the best of Harlem's past. by Michael Henry Adams ; photography by Paul Rocheleau ; preface by Robert A. M. Stern ; Foreword by Lowery Stokes Sims.ISBN: 1580930700. Weight in Kg appr.:

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