An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn

by Francis Morrone, James Iska (Photographer)

Overview

A sophisticated blend of ambience and attitude.

From cobblestones to churches, row houses, fishing boats, and tree-lined streets, Brooklyn boasts enriching public spaces and diversely beautiful landscapes.

The illustrious history of Brooklyn comes to life in this guide, which focuses on northern and central Brooklyn, including the oldest urbanized areas, the vast “brownstone belt,” and some of the principal industrial areas such as:

• Downtown
• Brooklyn Heights
• Prospect Park
• Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586850470
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	07/12/2001
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	482
Sales rank:	1,160,216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.38(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Francis Morrone has authored other books on Architecture, such as The Architectural Guidebook to New York City, and An Architcural Guidebook to Philadelphia. He lhas lived for tweny-some years in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn.

James Iska, wose work has been exhibited all over the world and has apeared in the Washington Post, Financial Times, Chicago Sun-TImes, and Chicago Tribune, is currently on the staff of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Read an Excerpt

This is a book about the built environment of Brooklyn, New York. I have lived in Brooklyn for twenty-one years. When I moved to New York from Chicago, I had no particular intention to settle in Brooklyn. I did so out of financial epediency. My neighborhood, Park Slop, was attracting many refugees from what, even in the immediate wake of New York City''s fiscal crisis, were the soaring rents of Manhattan. I knew few such people at the time who actually preferred living in Brooklyn over Manhattan. That, in a very short time, I realized how much I preferred Brooklyn to any other place shows how fate is a funny thing.

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Downtown

Around City Hall

Brooklyn Heights North/Fulton Ferry/DUMBO/Vinegar Hill

Brooklyn Heights South

Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

Williamsburg and Greenpoint

Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights

Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens/ Boerum Hill

Park Slope

Prospect Park

Institute Park

General Index

Editorial Reviews

Much under-rated in favor of its famous neighbor Manhattan, the architecture of Brooklyn gets the attention it deserves in this thorough guidebook. Morrone has written two other city guidebooks; he lives in Brooklyn and leads architectural tours. The guide contains maps of each area, complete coverage of its notable architecture, and biographies of the architects. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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