Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Rowhouse 1783-1929 by Charles Lockwood, Robert Mayer (Photographer), Madeleine Isom (Photographer), Christopher Puchalski (Photographer), Paul Goldberger (Introduction)

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Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Rowhouse 1783-1929 was first published in 1972, and remains the only book ever written on the New York row house. It has been met with impressive critical praise ever since and Rizzoli is proud to publish this revised and updated edition as the introductory volume in the new Rizzoli Classics program, dedicated to keeping in print important architecture titles.

Charles Lockwood looks at different architecture styles of the New York row house. The book is comprehensive, examining the history of New York's changing neighborhoods and the history of the various row house architectural styles--the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Second Empire, as well as the eclectic but picturesque styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The text and illustrations also delve into the architectural details, paying meticulous attention to all features, including doorways, glass, mantels, staircases, ceiling ornaments, and ironwork.

Twenty years later, this edition is updated to include specially commissioned new color photographs of interiors and exteriors of some of New York's most impressive homes. Also included is Best of the Brownstones Walking Tours, carefully detailed and illustrated with color photographs.

Library Journal

Lockwood's beautiful 1972 history of the swanky brownstones and single-family row houses that graced Manhattan and Brooklyn is the first in the publisher's new "Classics" series, which will bring significant architecture volumes back into print. This title has been updated with 60 additional pictures commissioned specifically for this reprint. In addition to the more than 300 color and monochrome pix, this also sports floor plans for several of the buildings as well as analyses of the different styles of design. Architecture buffs and New York historians will love it. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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