Sky-High: A Critique Of Nyc's Supertall Towers From Top To Bottom (-)

Part architectural guidebook and part critique, Sky-high documents the pencil-thin, supertall towers that are transforming New York City's skyline as well as its streets. New York City's penchant for building skyward has reached new heights with its crop of supertall towers--those that rise at least 984 feet above the sidewalk. The city that never sleeps is also the city that never stops building ever higher, from the Woolworth and Chrysler buildings of an earlier race to the top to today's super luxury aeries of 57th Street's Billionaires' Row and the towers of the World Trade complex in Lower Manhattan. Bruce Katz's extraordinary photographs capture a dozen of these self-styled odes to wealth and power, alongside Eric P. Nash's incisive critique documenting the evolution of the skyline, past and present, and the supertalls' transformative effects on the contemporary cityscape. Among the twelve buildings featured are One World Trade Center, Three World Trade Center, 30 Hudson Yards, 35 Hudson Yards, One57, 432 Park Avenue, 53West53, Central Park Tower, and One Vanderbilt. ONGOING INTEREST IN MODERN SKYSCRAPERS: Supertall towers are a topic of fascination in the national news, including coverage in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Guardian, The Real Deal New York, and Bloomberg. EXPERT CREATORS: Bruce Katz is a decorated architectural photographer whose work has appeared in Architectural Digest, New York Magazine, Landscape Architecture, and the Washington Post. Several of his images were recently acquired by the New-York Historical Society. His photos bring alive the book's text from author, researcher, former New York Times writer, and NYC architectural tour guide Eric P. Nash. DAZZLING IMAGES THAT MEET MANY INTERESTS: Dramatic photographs of over-the-top architecture hold appeal for architects, urban designers, city planners, and NYC city dwellers and tourists alike. Perfect for: All who love New York, including residents, visitors, bucket listers, commuters, students, and expats Architects, photographers, city planners, realtors, designers, engineers, American history buffs, and more A luxury gift for holiday, birthday, graduation, housewarming, anniversary, and other special occasions Fans of Louis Sullivan, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and buildings including the Flatiron, Chrysler, and Empire State Building

• | Author: Eric Peter Nash
• | Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 27, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 208 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1797222546
• | ISBN-13: 9781797222547