Book of the Moment
At a bookstore today I was pleased to see that New York 2000: Architecture and Urbanism from the Bicentennial to the Millennium, the fifth and last in Robert A.M. Stern's architectural history of New York, is done and in stores. The 1300-page tome was preceded by the years 1880, 1900, 1930, and 1960. All together the five volumes total over 5,000 pages, quite an undertaking.
I just started looking through my copy. I'm surprised to see such a broad perspective of New York in an "architecture" book. Movies and events are included, at least in the Introduction, as evidence that New York's architectural backdrop affects the way we percieve the setting, whether fictional or in our real lives. I'm excited to read more!
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