20. Some of the first skyscrapers in the world (left to right, from New...

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Description: Some of the first skyscrapers in the world (New York City)

TitleSome of the first skyscrapers in the world (New York City)

Creator namePost, George BrowneHunt, Richard Morris

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleArchitect

Creation dateUnknown

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationA.C. Bosselman & Co.; author's collection

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsCity planningArchitecture, AmericanSkyscrapers

StatusFrom left to right: New York City Hall, 1802–1812; George B. Post, World (Pulitzer) Building, 1889–1890, demolished; R. M. Hunt, New York Tribune Building, 1873, demolished

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2. Cities in the Americas and the International Influence of the City Beautiful Movement

Eric Mumford

Designing the Modern City: Urbanism Since 1850

While London and Paris were the centers of large European world empires in the nineteenth century, other cities that were strongly influenced by them, such as Shanghai, Bombay...

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Eric Mumford

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.41-78

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00037.005

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Chapter subject tags:City planning--Latin America--HistoryNorth America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775City planning--United States--History--18th centuryGrid plans (City planning)--HistoryRailroads--Design and construction--19th centuryTechnology--United States--History--20th centuryNational parks and reserves--United States--HistoryCity Beautiful movementCemeteries--United States--History--19th centuryVaux, Calvert, 1824-1895Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903City planning--France--Paris--HistoryUrbanization--Latin America--History

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