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  1. Book ImageThe Municipal Art Society of New York: Ten Architectural Walks in Manhattan

    Francis Morrone, Matthew A. Postal, Robyn Lynn, Et Al.

    Highlights of architecture, preservation, urban planning, and public art described by two experienced guides, with pictures, route maps, and transit information.More

  1. Book ImageHavana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage

    Cathryn Griffith, Dick Cluster, Eusebio Leal Spengler

    This beautifully illustrated book documents the history, preservation, and present uses of Havana’s most important buildings and urban spaces.More

  2. Book ImageAnimals in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City

    Robert Arthur King

    A delightful collection of creatures that adorn New York City buildings.More

  3. Book ImagePocket Guide to Los Angeles Architecture

    Judith Paine McBrien, John F. DeSalvo

    This guidebook organizes 100 architectural highlights into three walkable downtown tours and two side trips.More

  4. Book ImageFaces in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City

    Robert Arthur King, Allison Silver

    A delightful collection of quirky faces and figures that people New York City buildings.More

  5. Book ImageHavana Deco

    Alejandro G. Alonso, Pedro Contreras, Martino Fagiuoli

    An unparalleled tour of the Art Deco-style architecture, interiors, decoration, and art objects of Havana, this colorful book shows the work of Cuban artists, open to the winds of change and to outside influences, who filtered the movement born in Paris through the dazzling beauty of Caribbean nature and made the art their own.More

  6. Book ImageThe Harvard Five in New Canaan: Midcentury Modern Houses by Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, John Johansen, Philip Johnson, Eliot Noyes, and Others

    William D. Earls

    A virtual tour of thirty-five landmark houses, 1947-1966, built in a quiet New England community.More

  7. Book ImageThe Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Center

    Christine Roussel, Thomas Hoving

    The first easy-to-navigate illustrated guidebook to the wonderful sculptures, murals, bas-reliefs, and mosaics of this Art Deco showplace.More

  8. Book ImageThe Architecture Traveler: A Guide to 262 Key Modern American Buildings

    Sydney LeBlanc

    Architecture is the heart and soul of cities--it shows not just a place, but the spirit of the place.
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  9. Book ImagePocket Guide to Chicago Architecture

    Judith Paine McBrien

    “A handy guidebook that profiles a building per page, with a drawing and vital statistics on most of Chicago’s major historic and modern buildings.”—Chicago TribuneMore

  10. Book ImageNew York for New Yorkers: A Historical Treasury and Guide to the Buildings and Monuments of Manhattan

    Liza M. Greene

    Second Edition

    A celebration of the buildings of New York City and their history with over 600 color illustrations.More