Nathan Silver, Lost New York (Houghton Mifflin, 1967; 2000) Before the Landmark Commission was established, the great and seemingly indestructible edifices of New York were vulnerable to the whims of development. This "magnificent and heartbreaking record," according to Louis Auchincloss, is a classic photographic survey of the city's lost architecture from the old Penn Station to the stone facades of great Fifth Avenue houses. MORE: The City Review book review Amazon |
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