| Rochester's Downtown Architecture: 1950-1975 Contributor(s): Palmer, Daniel J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 153164760X ISBN-13: 9781531647605 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Architecture | Regional - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 974.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Locality - Rochester, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Following World War II, many American cities underwent a large-scale modernization to keep up with the changing times in business technology and architecture. With help from federal funding and planning, expansive and low-density modern projects replaced the crowded blocks of century-old buildings. State-of-the-art facilities featured large, open plazas that were the scenes of social and cultural events, attracting private developers to the city s core. Due to its participation in new policies of planning and the efforts of its strong preservation community, Rochester is today an interesting and sometimes perplexing mixture of densely packed, ornamental-19th-century buildings and monumentally scaled and architecturally stark projects of the modern era. Rochester s Downtown Architecture: 1950 1975 tells the story of the peak years of change to the built environment of Rochester s downtown." |
Contributor Bio(s): Palmer, Daniel J.: - Daniel J. Palmer is an avid researcher, writer, and photographer of architecture. He serves as the chair of the Landmark Society of Western New York s Committee on the Resources of the Recent Past. |