Overview
In this revised edition of his classic book, Dolkart presents for us a precise and informative biography of a typical tenement house in New York City that became, in 1988, the site for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. It is a lasting tribute to the legacy of immigrants and their children, who were part of the transformation of New York City and the fabric of everyday American urban life.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew S. Dolkart
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 20.90cm
Weight: 0.222kg
ISBN: 9780813939964
ISBN 10: 0813939968
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 03 February 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A fascinating, engagingly written study that illuminates the history of a building as well as the social and legislative changes that informed its structural evolution.-- ""Clio: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History"" Illustrate[s] the dramatic social and economic disparities of the Gilded Age and Victorian era, and the grounding of architecture and building in larger systems of economics and production. Perhaps most importantly . . . it help[s] bridge the gap between the study of the everyday environment and that of high culture.-- ""Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians""
A fascinating, engagingly written study that illuminates the history of a building as well as the social and legislative changes that informed its structural evolution.--Clio: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History A must read for anyone interested in the history of vernacular domestic architecture in the United States. --Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum A rich recapitulation of housing for New York's poor and the heritage of the Lower East Side.--New York Times Illustrate[s] the dramatic social and economic disparities of the Gilded Age and Victorian era, and the grounding of architecture and building in larger systems of economics and production. Perhaps most importantly . . . it help[s] bridge the gap between the study of the everyday environment and that of high culture.--Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
A fascinating, engagingly written study that illuminates the history of a building as well as the social and legislative changes that informed its structural evolution.-- ""Clio"" Illustrate[s] the dramatic social and economic disparities of the Gilded Age and Victorian era, and the grounding of architecture and building in larger systems of economics and production. Perhaps most importantly . . . it help[s] bridge the gap between the study of the everyday environment and that of high culture.-- ""Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians""
Author Information
Andrew S. Dolkart, Director of the Historic Preservation Program and James Marston Fitch Associate Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia University, is the author of The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908–1929.
