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"City Hall is the first book to feature striking contemporary images of the most architecturally significant city halls in the United States. This diverse collection includes New York, the oldest; ...
"City Hall is the first book to feature striking contemporary images of the most architecturally significant city halls in the United States. This diverse collection includes New York, the oldest; Philadelphia, once the tallest building in the world; and Boston, the first major brutalist building in the United States. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of American civic architecture from the early 19th century to the present day and represents diverse styles such as Federalist, art deco, and modern. Architects, mayors, historians, and preservationists tell the story about how each city hall came to be and what it says about its city. City Hall spotlights these often underappreciated buildings and affirms architecture's unique power to express democratic ideals and inspire civic pride." --
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- Creator
- Arthur Drooker ; foreword by Douglas Brinkley ; essay by Thomas Mellins
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, [2020]
- ©2020
- Physical Details
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- 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 0764360493, 9780764360497
- OCLC
- on1143622839
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Foreword / Douglas Brinkley -- Introduction / Arthur Drooker -- Constructing communality : the architecture of city halls / Thomas Mellins -- The grande dame : New York city hall (1812) -- A castle for the queen city : Cincinnati city hall (1893) -- The rathaus : Milwaukee city hall (1895) -- The Quaker city colossus : Philadelphia city hall (1901) -- The prairie above LaSalle Street : Chicago city hall (1911) -- The people's palace : San Francisco city hall (1915) -- The skyscraper : Los Angeles city hall (1928) -- An Americanesque building : Buffalo city hall (1932) -- A singular vision for a twin city : Saint Paul city hall (1932) -- Something new under the sun : Palm Springs city hall (1957) -- A brutalist for the Brahmins : Boston city hall (1968) -- The inverted pyramid : Dallas city hall (1978) -- Not a buttoned-down city hall : Austin city hall (2004) -- The capital of Silicon Valley : San Jose city hall (2005) -- The desert jewel : Las Vegas city hall (2012)