Product Description: In his series Opera, photographer David Leventi (born 1978)―whose work has been widely published in Time, The New York Times Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler and American Photography―captures the interiors of more than 40 opera houses spanning four centuries and four continents...read more

Product Description: In the aftermath of World War II, New York emerged as a world-class city and the de facto national financial capital, becoming a magnet for moguls and strivers. At the same time the city remained a collection of small towns made up of people going about their daily rounds...read more

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Product Description: This is the third volume (and the fourth chronologically) in architect and historian Robert A. M. Stern's monumental series of documentary studies of New York City architecture and urbanism. New York 1880, New York 1900, and New York 1930 have comprehensively covered the architects and urban planners who defined New York from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century...read more

Product Description: This highly acclaimed volume is the ultimate reference on this period, closely documents the alternately giddy and depressed decades between the two world wars when New York first transformed itself into a skyscraper city. Every important building of the era is described with vital background information and ample archival photographs...read more