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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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.

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Summary:	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 social challenges embodied in buildings: where did the billions of bricks, millions of feet of lumber, millions of pounds of stone and thousands of miles of wire, pipe and steel come from, and who arranged to use them when, where and how they were? His answers reveal much about the local specifics but also about national and international flows of ideas and goods.
Physical Description:	474 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780226836966 0226836967