Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House

(Hardback)

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TheclassicbookBricks and Brownstone,thefirstandonlybooktoexamine in depth the architectural styles of the much-loved New York row house or "brownstone," helped pave the way for a brownstone revival that transformed the very appearance of the city. This edition features new and updated text, and an abundance of all-new colour photography, and offers to an eager audience the long-awaited reissue of the landmark volume in renewed and brilliant new form.

Because this book so beautifully illustrates the unique decorative features of the different architectural styles the doorway framing, the ironwork embellishments, the handsome mantels, and the sometimes elaborate ceiling ornamentation, among other elements it is an invaluable resource for the thousands who have undertaken the restoration of a row house to its original appearance

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A bible for buffs, architects, and preservationists Judith Thurman,The New Yorker

Classic New York Magazine

Legendary ... A Stunning Photographic Timeline of New York Citys Iconic Brownstones" Architectural Digest

Unrivaled Metropolis

"One of the Top 10 Books about New York City" Edmund White,The Guardian

A Spectator (US) 2019 Book of the Year: Building buffs, lovers of streetscapes, budding architectural preservationists and those who remain besotted by New York will treasure this new edition.

Beautiful fantastically informative The Daily Beast

Extraordinary conveys a love of New York City, its houses, and its people The New Criterion

Informative, genially written history of the row house merits the attention of anyone seriously interested in urban architecture. The New York Times

"The beautiful but also fantastically informativetome is filled with wonderful photographs not only of the rowhouses that remain today, but also fantastically detailed close-ups of exterior and interior decorations as well as historical photographs from when they were first erected." USA Breaking News

A reissue surely qualifies for a book of the year when it comes in gorgeous packaging, has a slightly updated text and reproduces a healthy ration of new photographs. Credit to Rizzoli for not only republishing Charles Lockwoods Bricks & Brownstone: The New York Row House ($85), first brought out in 1972 as the result of the authors undergraduate thesis at Princeton, but also for doing it in such style, with help from Patrick W. Ciccone and Jonathan D. Taylor. Spectator USA

Author Bio

Charles Lockwood authored seven books about American architecture and cities and wrote widely about architecture. He passed away in 2012.

Patrick W. Ciccone is vice president for historic development at Crow Hill Development. He also teaches at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.

Dylan Chandler is a photographer who was born and raised and resides in New York's Hell's Kitchen.