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Albany architecture :a guide to the city /edited by Diana S. Waite ; photographs by Gary Gold and Mark McCarty ; contributors, Matthew Bender IV ... [et al.].

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-265533

Description

278 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Architecture
History.

Originator

Waite, Diana S.
Gold, Gary David.
McCarty, Mark, 1952-
Bender, Matthew.
Preservation League of New York State.

Contents

Highlights for a short visit -- Early Albany, buildings before 1790 -- The stonecutters' art in Albany -- Tour 1. Capitol Hill, summit of the city -- Tour 2. Downtown Albany, crossroads of commerce and transportation -- Tour 3. Pastures and mansions of the South End -- Tour 4. Center Square and Hudson-Park neighborhoods, between parks and public spaces -- Tour 5. Washington Park, rooms with a view -- Tour 6. Arbor Hill, Ten Broeck Triangle and Clinton Avenue -- Tour 7. From tracks to tracts, Albany's Westward expansion -- Tour 8. North Albany, factories, foundries, and the big dog.

Publication

Albany, N.Y. : Mount Ida Press, published in association with the Preservation League of New York State

Description

278 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-261) and index.
Complimentary copy. Fourth printing, 2009.

ISBN

0962536814
9780962536816

Call Number

Stacks NA735.A25 A326 1993

Material Type

Guidebooks.

Places

New York (State) Albany
Albany (N.Y.)

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