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Building the metropolis : architecture, construction, and labor in New York City, 1880-1935 /

Alexander Wood asks a deceptively simple question about New York City in its most iconic period of growth from the 1880s to the 1930s. "Who did this?" In chronicling the labor of architects, builders, contractors and construction workers, Wood compels our attention to the physical and soci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Alexander (Alexander Hilton) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2025].
Series:Historical studies of urban America.
Subjects:
Architecture > New York (State) > New York > History.
Construction industry > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Construction industry > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Urbanization > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Urbanization > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > History > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > History > 20th century.

Evans: Library Stacks

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