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Das schönste Gebäude in Amerika: Der New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858: gebraucht-
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Artikelmerkmale
- Artikelzustand
- Publication Date
- 2018-02-07
- Pages
- 266
- ISBN
- 9780190681210
- Book Title
- Finest Building in America : the New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858
- Item Length
- 5 in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Travel, Architecture, History
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Regional, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Methods & Materials
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Item Weight
- 11.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 264 Pages
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When first opened to the public in 1853, New York's Crystal Palace created a sensation. Those who had seen London's Crystal Palace, the structure it was openly intended to emulate, argued that America's copy far surpassed it. Built in what is today Bryant Park, a four-acre site between 40th and 42nd Streets, the colossus of glass and steel indeed seemed poised to displace the British original in worldwide fame. Walt Whitman pronounced it "unsurpassed anywhere for beauty." Young Samuel Clemens--not yet Mark Twain--called it a "perfect fairy palace." Many perceived it as putting America, still in the thrall of European culture, on the map. "To us on this side of the water," wrote newspaperman Horace Greely, who had also visited London's Crystal Palace, "it was original." Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edwin G. Burrows offers the tale of what was proclaimed the country's "finest building." Centerpiece of the 1853 World's Fair, the New York Crystal Palace, like its London counterpart, was intended to display the country's latest technological achievements--as well as a few dubious cultural artifacts. But its primary function was simply to be seen and admired by the crowds that thronged to it; its very existence caused patriotic breasts to swell. And then suddenly it was gone. On October 5, 1858, merely five years after its construction, the Crystal Palace caught fire. Despite frantic attempts to save it, the magnificent dome was engulfed and within thirty minutes the entire structure reduced to a heap of smoldering debris, through which for days afterward bereft New Yorkers picked for mementos. With sumptuous images and lively storytelling The Finest Building in America brings back to life an extraordinary monument, one that briefly but wholeheartedly captured the imagination of a country, giving form to its dreams and ambitions, and then vanishing from view.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190681217
ISBN-13
9780190681210
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237891704
Product Key Features
Book Title
Finest Building in America : the New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Regional, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Methods & Materials
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Architecture, History
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
7 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Na6750.N5b87 2018
Reviews
"With characteristic elegance, Burrows guides readers around the mechanical leeches and statues of naked women on display at America's first World's Fair, a glass-and-steel monument in Manhattan to manufacturing, merchandising and materialism that became the most famous destination in the nation." - Sam Roberts, The New York Times "New York's magnificent Crystal Palace was a new kind of building in a new kind of city. Destroyed by fire shortly after its creation and largely forgotten in the twenty-first century, Edwin Burrows's The Finest Building in America restores the Crystal Palace to its social and architectural importance in American history. Like the Palace itself, this book shines." - Timothy Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros and A Pickpocket's Tale "The Crystal Palace, that grand and gaudy--how New York!--showplace of the nation's mid-nineteenth-century can-do adolescent years, finally gets its due. Burrows recounts the birth, life, and flaming demise of the Palace at a jaunty pace, enriching the story with a generous selection of marvelous and rarely seen illustrations." - Michael Miscione, The Manhattan Borough Historian, "With characteristic elegance, Burrows guides readers around the mechanical leeches and statues of naked women on display at America's first World's Fair, a glass-and-steel monument in Manhattan to manufacturing, merchandising and materialism that became the most famous destination in the nation." - Sam Roberts, The New York Times "New York's magnificent Crystal Palace was a new kind of building in a new kind of city. Destroyed by fire shortly after its creation and largely forgotten in the twenty-first century, Edwin Burrows's The Finest Building in America restores the Crystal Palace to its social and architectural importance in American history. Like the Palace itself, this book shines." - Timothy Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros and A Pickpocket's Tale"The Crystal Palace, that grand and gaudy--how New York!--showplace of the nation's mid-nineteenth-century can-do adolescent years, finally gets its due. Burrows recounts the birth, life, and flaming demise of the Palace at a jaunty pace, enriching the story with a generous selection of marvelous and rarely seen illustrations." - Michael Miscione, The Manhattan Borough Historian"Burrows colorfully details the logistical and financial problems caused by the elaborate building and he makes the period come to life." - Publishers Weekly, "With characteristic elegance, Burrows guides readers around the mechanical leeches and statues of naked women on display at America's first World's Fair, a glass-and-steel monument in Manhattan to manufacturing, merchandising and materialism that became the most famous destination in the nation." - Sam Roberts, The New York Times"New York's magnificent Crystal Palace was a new kind of building in a new kind of city. Destroyed by fire shortly after its creation and largely forgotten in the twenty-first century, Edwin Burrows's The Finest Building in America restores the Crystal Palace to its social and architectural importance in American history. Like the Palace itself, this book shines." - Timothy Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros and A Pickpocket's Tale"The Crystal Palace, that grand and gaudy--how New York!--showplace of the nation's mid-nineteenth-century can-do adolescent years, finally gets its due. Burrows recounts the birth, life, and flaming demise of the Palace at a jaunty pace, enriching the story with a generous selection of marvelous and rarely seen illustrations." - Michael Miscione, The Manhattan Borough Historian"Burrows colorfully details the logistical and financial problems caused by the elaborate building and he makes the period come to life." - Publishers Weekly, "With characteristic elegance, Burrows guides readers around the mechanical leeches and statues of naked women on display at America's first World's Fair, a glass-and-steel monument in Manhattan to manufacturing, merchandising and materialism that became the most famous destination in the nation." - Sam Roberts, The New York Times "New York's magnificent Crystal Palace was a new kind of building in a new kind of city. Destroyed by fire shortly after its creation and largely forgotten in the twenty-first century, Edwin Burrows's The Finest Building in America restores the Crystal Palace to its social and architectural importance in American history. Like the Palace itself, this book shines." -Timothy Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros and a Pickpocket's Tale "The Crystal Palace, that grand and gaudy-how New York!--showplace of the nation's mid-nineteenth century can--do adolescent years, finally gets its due. Burrows recounts the birth, life, and flaming demise of the Palace at a jaunty pace, enriching the story with a generous selection of marvelous and rarely seen illustrations." - Michael Miscione, The Manhattan Borough Historian, "With characteristic elegance, Burrows guides readers around the mechanical leeches and statues of naked women on display at America's first World's Fair, a glass-and-steel monument in Manhattan to manufacturing, merchandising and materialism that became the most famous destination in the nation." - Sam Roberts, The New York Times "New York's magnificent Crystal Palace was a new kind of building in a new kind of city. Destroyed by fire shortly after its creation and largely forgotten in the twenty-first century, Edwin Burrows's The Finest Building in America restores the Crystal Palace to its social and architectural importance in American history. Like the Palace itself, this book shines." - Timothy Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros and A Pickpocket's Tale "The Crystal Palace, that grand and gaudy--how New York!--showplace of the nation's mid-nineteenth-century can-do adolescent years, finally gets its due. Burrows recounts the birth, life, and flaming demise of the Palace at a jaunty pace, enriching the story with a generous selection of marvelous and rarely seen illustrations." - Michael Miscione, The Manhattan Borough Historian "Burrows colorfully details the logistical and financial problems caused by the elaborate building and he makes the period come to life." - Publishers Weekly
Table of Content
Preface: The End Chapter 1: Glances at Europe Chapter 2: On Our Own Hook Chapter 3: The Wilderness of Objects Chapter 4: A Melancholy Sight Epilogue: The Finest Building in America
Copyright Date
2018
Lccn
2017-031341
Dewey Decimal
721.04496097471
Dewey Edition
23
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