中文简介:
本书深入探索了坐落在纽约第五大道上的建筑,通过六条步行路线带领读者逐个街区研究每个建筑,让读者有机会发现格林威治村、中城、上东区和哈林区的独特建筑。
本书图文并茂,有300 多幅图片和实用的图形地图,标记了每条路线沿线的站点,聚焦了数百座建筑,从熟悉的旅游目的地到鲜为人知的瑰宝。主要包括帝国大厦、纽约公共图书馆、洛克菲勒中心和圣帕特里克大教堂等知名建筑;蒂芙尼、卡地亚和宝格丽等奢侈品商店;瑞吉酒店和广场酒店;还有“博物馆道”上的艺术珍宝:大都会艺术博物馆、古根海姆博物馆、犹太博物馆和纽约市博物馆。从20世纪之交的布杂艺术风格豪宅到现代建筑如耐克、阿玛尼的玻璃旗舰店和高耸的范德比尔特1号大厦,每条路线都能让人看到建筑风格的演变。亮点还包括理查德·莫里斯·亨特、斯坦福·怀特和弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特等杰出建筑师以及雷姆·库哈斯和比亚克·英格尔斯等当代领导人的作品。
这本新书既可以作为炉边读物,也可以作为路边读物,非常适合纽约街头建筑爱好者,以及任何希望全面了解塑造第五大道的发展和特征的历史、社会和经济力量的人阅读。
英文简介:
Fifth Avenue: From Washington Square to Marcus Garvey Park presents an in-depth exploration of architecture along one of the world's most iconic streets: New York City's fabled Fifth Avenue. Through six fact-filled walking tours, this accessible illustrated guide takes readers along the entire length of Fifth Avenue, studying its architecture block by block, building by building, offering the chance to discover exceptional and unusual structures across Greenwich Village, Midtown, the Upper East Side, and Harlem.
Heavily illustrated with more than 300 images and practical graphic maps that mark the stops along each route, Fifth Avenue spotlights hundreds of buildings, from familiar tourist destinations to lesser-known gems. Featured are, of course, major monuments including the Empire State Building, New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, and Saint Patrick's Cathedral; luxurious shops such as Tiffany's, Cartier, and Bulgari; elegant hotels like the St. Regis and the Plaza; and the art treasures of Museum Mile on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Jewish Museum, and the Museum of the City of New York. Each of the walks offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of architectural styles, from the Beaux-Arts mansions of the turn of the twentieth century to the striking contemporary structures such as the glass flagship stores of Nike, Armani, and the towering One Vanderbilt. Highlights also include works by distinguished architects such as Richard Morris Hunt, Stanford White, and Frank Lloyd Wright and contemporary leaders like Rem Koolhaas and Bjarke Ingels.
Written as both a fireside and curbside read, this new book is essential for the curious architecture lover touring the New York streets, as well as anyone looking to gain a comprehensive understanding of the historic, social, and economic forces that shaped Fifth Avenue's growth and character.