City hall
"City Hall is the first book to feature striking contemporary images of the most architecturally significant city halls in the United States. This diverse collection includes New York, the oldest; Philadelphia, once the tallest building in the world; and Boston, the first major brutalist buildi...
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Atglen, PA
Schiffer Publishing
[2020]
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- Foreword by Douglas Brinkley Introduction by Arthur Drooker Constructing communality : the architecture of city halls Thomas Mellins <<The>> grande dame : New York City Hall (1812)
- <<A>> castle for the Queen City : Cincinnati City Hall (1893)
- <<The>> Rathaus : Milwaukee City Hall (1895)
- <<The>> Quaker City colossus : Philadelphia City Hall (1901)
- <<The>> prairie above LaSalle Street : Chicago City Hall (1911)
- <<The>> people's palace : San Francisco City Hall (1915)
- <<The>> skyscraper : Los Angeles City Hall (1928)
- <<An>> Americanesque building : Buffalo City Hall (1932)
- <<A>> singular vision for a Twin City : Saint Paul City Hall (1932)
- Something new under the sun : Palm Springs City Hall (1957)
- <<A>> brutalist for the brahmins : Boston City Hall (1968)
- <<The>> inverted pyramid : Dallas City Hall (1978)
- Not a buttoned-down city hall : Austin City Hall (2004)
- <<The>> capital of Silicon Valley : San Jose City Hall (2005)
- <<The>> desert jewel : Las Vegas City Hall (2012)