Skyscraper Rivals: The Aig Building and the Architecture of Wall Street - Hardcover

Abramson, Daniel M.

 
9781568982441: Skyscraper Rivals: The Aig Building and the Architecture of Wall Street

Synopsis

This work examines the architecture of Wall Street between the wars through contemporary and archival images and a discussion of the financial, geographical, and historical forces which shaped the district. It focuses on the competition between the AIG building and three other towers.

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About the Authors

Carol Willis is founding director of the Skyscraper Museum in New York City.

Daniel M. Abramson is an assistant professor of art history at Tufts University who has written extensively on another financial structure, John Soane's Bank of England.


Carol Willis is founding director of the Skyscraper Museum in New York City.

Daniel M. Abramson is an assistant professor of art history at Tufts University who has written extensively on another financial structure, John Soane's Bank of England.

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