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FIFTH AVENUE-200 YEARS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS

Satow, Julie , McInerney, Jay

Εκδότης Assouline , ISBN 9781649803993

With a unique blend of evocative storytelling and rich historical insight, this delightful volume offers a captivating exploration of Fifth Avenue's 200-year journey and transformation from its humble beginnings as a quiet residential street to its current status as a global icon of culture, wealth, and style.

Fifth Avenue: 200 Years of Stories and Legends celebrates the vibrant history and ever- evolving charm of one of the world's most iconic streets. The visually stunning edition presents a breathtaking collection of images that bridge the past and present, showcasing a captivating journey through history.

This book offers a panoramic view of Fifth Avenue's transformation from historic black- and-white photographs of horse-drawn carriages against the backdrop of grand mansions to modern-day street scenes bustling with energy. Each page captures the essence of the Avenue's cultural, architectural, and social significance, with archival photographs alongside contemporary images that bring its legacy to life.

Fifth Avenue: 200 Years of Stories and Legends is more than just a tribute to New York's most celebrated thoroughfare. It is an immersive experience for lovers of history, architecture, and photography. This edition is a timeless piece for any collector, offering an unparalleled look at the street that has been a cornerstone of New York City for two centuries.

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With a unique blend of evocative storytelling and rich historical insight, this delightful volume offers a captivating exploration of Fifth Avenue's 200-year journey and transformation from its humble beginnings as a quiet residential street to its current status as a global icon of culture, wealth, and style.

Fifth Avenue: 200 Years of Stories and Legends celebrates the vibrant history and ever- evolving charm of one of the world's most iconic streets. The visually stunning edition presents a breathtaking collection of images that bridge the past and present, showcasing a captivating journey through history.

This book offers a panoramic view of Fifth Avenue's transformation from historic black- and-white photographs of horse-drawn carriages against the backdrop of grand mansions to modern-day street scenes bustling with energy. Each page captures the essence of the Avenue's cultural, architectural, and social significance, with archival photographs alongside contemporary images that bring its legacy to life.

Fifth Avenue: 200 Years of Stories and Legends is more than just a tribute to New York's most celebrated thoroughfare. It is an immersive experience for lovers of history, architecture, and photography. This edition is a timeless piece for any collector, offering an unparalleled look at the street that has been a cornerstone of New York City for two centuries.

Πληροφορίες προϊόντος

  • Συγγραφέας Satow, Julie,McInerney, Jay
  • Eκδότης Assouline
  • ISBN 9781649803993
  • Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100087657
  • Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2024
  • Σελίδες 288
  • Διαστάσεις 25χ33
  • Βάρος 2268 gr

McInerney, Jay

Συγγραφέας

Ο Τζέι Μακ Ίνερνι γεννήθηκε το 1955 στο Χάρτφορντ του Κονέτικατ και έχει ζήσει στο Λονδίνο, στο Βανκούβερ της βρετανικής Κολομβίας, στη δυτική Μασαχουσέτη, στο Τόκιο και στη Νέα Υόρκη. Έχει αποφοιτήσει από το Κολέγιο Γουίλιαμς και έχει πάρει υποτροφίες από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Πρίνστον και το Σίρακιουζ. Έργα του έχουν δημοσιευτεί στα περιοδικά "The Village Voice", "The Chicago Tribune", "The Paris Review" και "Ploughshares". Το "Bright Lights, Big City" ("Φώτα ολόφωτα, πόλη μεγάλη") ήταν το πρώτο του μυθιστόρημα. Άλλα βιβλία του είναι: "Brightness Falls" (ελλ. έκδ. "Μανχάτταν"), "Ransom", "Story of My Life", "The Last of the Savages", "Model Behavior", "How it Ended" και "The Good Life" (ελλ. έκδ. "Η καλή ζωή"). ay McInerney is the critically acclaimed author of twelve books, the most recent being Bright, Precious Days (2016). Time magazine cited his first best-selling novel, Bright Lights, Big City (1984), as one of nine generation-defining novels of the twentieth century. McInerney has also written for New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, Corriere della Serra, The Times Literary Supplement, and The New York Review of Books. In 2006, he won the James Beard MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award for his food and wine work. Wendell Jamieson is an award-winning reporter and editor who has covered New York City since the late 1980s, working as an obituary writer, copy boy, police reporter, rewriteman, night editor, and web editor, among other jobs. He spent eighteen years at The New York Times, the last five of them as Metro editor. In 2007, he wrote Father Knows Less, or “Can I Cook My Sister?”, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, in which he explored the sometimes bizarre questions of children.

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