Bricks And Brownstones

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1988
Edition: Reprint

Description: 303 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Rowhouse 17831929 was first published in 1972, and remains the only book ever written on the New York row house. It has been met with impressive critical praise ever since and Rizzoli is proud to publish this revised and updated edition as the introductory volume in the new Rizzoli Classics program, dedicated to keeping in print important architecture titles.Charles Lockwood looks at different architecture styles of the New York row house. The book is comprehensive, examining the history of New Yorks changing neighborhoods and the history of the various row house architectural styles--the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Second Empire, as well as the eclectic but picturesque styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The text and illustrations also delve into the architectural details, paying meticulous attention to all features, including doorways, glass, mantels, staircases, ceiling ornaments, and ironwork.Twenty years later, this edition is updated to include specially commissioned new color photographs of interiors and exteriors of some of New Yorks most impressive homes. Also included is Best of the Brownstones Walking Tours, carefully detailed and illustrated with color photographs.

ISBN: 9780847825226