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The Empire State Building is the companion volume to the Museum of the City of New York's definitive exhibition: "A Dream Well Planned: The Empire State Building."
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About the Author
John Tauranac is the author of Elegant New York and Essential New York and a freelance writer. A graduate of Columbia and New York Universities, Tauranac teaches at NYU's School of Continuing Education. He lectures widely and has been a guest curator at the Museum of the City of New York. Wearing another hat, Tauranac designed the award-winning subway map in 1979 that is still in use by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and he still designs maps. He lives with his wife, Jane Bevans, and their daughter, Maggie, on Manhattan's Upper West Side and in West Cornwall, Connecticut.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. 'The Empire State Building 'is the companion volume to the Museum of the City of New York's definitive exhibition: 'A Dream Well Planned: The Empire State Building.' This is an elegant and surprising biography of a 65-year-old building that, no longer the tallest in the world, has endured as the symbol of New York City, the epitome of the sky scraper and the very icon of progress the world over. 'A richly informative account of the raising of the world's most famous skyscraper'.--Chicago Tribune. photos. Used copy with light wear. Seller Inventory # 302908