Manhattan's Little Secrets

Uncovering Mysteries in Brick and Mortar, Glass and Stone

John Tauranac (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2018
Globe Pequot Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-3047-7 (ISBN)

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Discover the whos, the whats, the whys and hows of social history that make the city come alive. Curious readers will delight in revelations of history hidden in plain sight, alongside stunning photography of Manhattan’s overlooked treasures.

Discover the whos, the whats, the whys and hows of social history that make the city come alive.
·A sarcophagus sits in a public park
·Stones from the dungeon that imprisoned Joan of Arc support a statue of her
·A Star of David adorns a Baptist church
·A fire-breathing salamander decorates a firehouse
·A stained-glass window relates an architect’s frustrations
These are the details that guidebooks usually ignore and passersby ordinarily overlook. Curious readers will delight in revelations of history hidden in plain sight, alongside stunning photography of Manhattan’s overlooked treasures.

When author John Tauranac is not designing maps, he writes and lectures on the city’s social and architectural history.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2018
Verlagsort	Old Saybrook
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	472 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-4930-3047-7 / 1493030477
ISBN-13	978-1-4930-3047-7 / 9781493030477
Zustand	Neuware