Building the skyline : the birth and growth of Manhattan's skyscrapers

Jason M. Barr

Manhattan's natural history -- Mannahatta to Manhattan: settlement to grid plan -- Land use before the Civil War -- The tenements and the skyline -- The economics of skyscraper height -- Measuring the skyline -- The bedrock myth -- The birth of Midtown -- Edifice complex? The cause of the 1920s building boom -- What's Manhattan worth? 150 years of land values

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Year of publication:	[2016]
Authors:	Barr, Jason
Publisher:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press
Subject:	Städtische Flächennutzung \| Urban land use \| Stadtentwicklung \| Urban development \| Stadtgeschichte \| Urban history \| New York \| Hochhaus
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	xvii, 437 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-424) and index
ISBN:	978-0-19-934436-9
Classification:	Stadtbaugeschichte, Geschichte ländlicher Siedlungen
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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