AIA Guide to New York City

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AIA Guide to New York City
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Hardcover edition
Author
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subject Architecture of New York City
GenreCatalogue
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date
June 9, 2010
Media typePrint
Pages1088
ISBN 978-0195383850

The AIA Guide to New York City by Norval White, Elliot Willensky, and Fran Leadon is an extensive catalogue with descriptions, critique and photographs of significant and noteworthy architecture throughout the five boroughs of New York City. [1] Originally published in 1967, the fifth edition, with new co-author Fran Leadon, was published in 2010. [2] [3] [4]

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Notes

  1. White, Norval, Willensky, Elliot, and Leadon, Fran. AIA Guide to New York City (5th edition). New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN   978-0-19-538385-0 (hardcover) ISBN   978-0-19-538386-7 (paperback).
  2. Rosenblum, Constance (April 19, 2009). "The Grand Cornice-and-Pediment Tour". The New York Times.
  3. White, Norval; Leadon, Fran (December 4, 2009). "The AIA Guide to New York City: In Search of Green Places". AIArchitect. American Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010.
  4. Leadon, Fran (February 24, 2009). "Writing the New AIA Guide". AIA New York. Retrieved January 12, 2020.