Skyscraper rivals : the AIG Building and the architecture of Wall Street /

Skyscraper rivals : the AIG Building and the architecture of Wall Street /

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Author / Creator:Abramson, Daniel M. (Daniel Michael), 1963-
Imprint:New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2001.
Description:xv, 207 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
AIG Building (New York, N.Y.)
40 Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
One Wall Street (New York, N.Y. : 1931-)
20 Exchange Place (New York, N.Y.)
20 Exchange Place (New York, N.Y.)
40 Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
AIG Building (New York, N.Y.)
One Wall Street (New York, N.Y. : 1931- )
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Art deco (Architecture) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Art deco (Architecture)
Buildings.
Skyscrapers.
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (State) -- New York.
New York (State) -- New York -- Wall Street.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4378145
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ISBN:1568982445 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Wall Street's Architecture Before 1920
  • Chapter 2. The Clients
  • Wall Street in the 1920s
  • Cities Service
  • Henry L. Doherty
  • Irving Trust
  • City Bank Farmers Trust
  • 40 Wall Street
  • Finance and the Real Estate Market
  • Chapter 3. The Architects
  • Clinton and Russell, Holton and George
  • Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker
  • Cross and Cross
  • Severance, Matsui, Smith, and Walker and Gillette
  • Other Financial District Architects
  • Education
  • Skyscraper Challenges
  • Professional Practice
  • Tradition, Modernity, and Texture
  • Chapter 4. Planning
  • Massing
  • Cities Service Building
  • One Wall Street
  • 40 Wall Street
  • City Bank Farmers Trust Building
  • Interior Planning
  • The Office Unit
  • Chapter 5. Construction
  • Demolition, Excavation, Foundation
  • Steel Frame
  • Facade and Finish
  • Management and Labor
  • Magnitude
  • Chapter 6. Technology
  • Vertical Transportation
  • Environmental Systems
  • Communications
  • Enclosure and Concealment
  • Chapter 7. Exterior Expression
  • I Iteral Tradition
  • Tradition Abridged
  • 40 Wall Strfft: Hybrid Heights
  • City Bank Farmers Trust: "Conservative Modern"
  • Art Deco
  • One Wall Street: Rhythm and Remedy
  • Cities Service Building: Vertical Aspiration
  • Modernist Restraint and Volume
  • Chapter 8. Interior Distinction
  • General and Partitioned Offices
  • Corporate Suites
  • Exective offices
  • Board of Directors Rooms
  • Executive Amenities
  • Public Halls
  • Irving Trust's Reception Room
  • Lobbies
  • Murals
  • Observation Galleries
  • Chapter 9. Skyscraper Lives
  • "City in a Tower"
  • Tenants
  • "Half a Million Penmen" (and women)
  • Changing New York
  • Skyscraper Debate
  • Symbolizing New York
  • "You are America!"
  • Beautiful Irony
  • Chapter 10. Postscript
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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