Awards

• Winner of Independent Publisher Book Awards (Coffee Table Books) 2002

Overview

Through almost 800 images, Cityscapes tells the story of the city from its origins in the early seventeenth century through the end of the twentieth century. In lithographs, paintings, drawings, and broadsides, New York is portrayed as rising from a small Dutch outpost to a republican seaport whose life was framed by the American Revolution to its transformation as the world economic and artistic capital of the late twentieth century.

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The authors have pulled together a powerful testament to the city's exhuberant past. -- Joel Schwartz New York History A book so beautiful it grows in resonance with every passing month. Forward Magazine An engaging history of New York City... Rock and Moore have assembled a stunning array of paintings, drawings, broadsides, and maps that both enliven the text and illustrate the city's development until the end of the 19th century; thereafter, the text is illustrated by etchings, lithographs and especially photographs taken by some of the best-known photographers of the time as well as by sharp eyed if lesser-known observers of the city scene. These images enrich our understanding of the city. Library Journal This cultural history is a fascinating amalgam of essays and illustrations that ranges from the city's skyline to life on its streets. New York Daily News A well-illustrated... cultural history. It notes that the first skyscraper to excite New Yorkers was the 23-story Flatiron Building in 1903, transformed into 'an almost mystical feature of urban landscape'...But in 1973 the 110-story World Trade Center 'failed to excite public enthusiasm.' USA Today This combination of social history and rarely seen images of the city... covers all the bases. But it's the often surprising mid-century photographs that are most compelling. New York Magazine Cityscapes uses terrific old illustrations and photos to accompany a history of social, cultural, economic and ethnic changes, from the city's 1623 beginning as a colonial seaport to its evolution as a colossus of business in the last century. The illustrations propel you back to a city you're far too young to remember... But the authors don't skimp on photos, especially of New Yorkers themselves, those who, as we've seen graphically demonstrated in recent weeks, form the city's heart. The Miami Herald So well done, you want to linger on every page, walk through it over and over and just be overwhelmed with the maginificent photos. -- Patricia A. Kossmann America As smart as it is beautiful. Cityscapes will thrill New York history buffs. -- Miriam Wolf San Francisco Bay Guardian

The authors have pulled together a powerful testament to the city's exhuberant past. -- Joel Schwartz, New York History A book so beautiful it grows in resonance with every passing month. -- Forward Magazine An engaging history of New York City... Rock and Moore have assembled a stunning array of paintings, drawings, broadsides, and maps that both enliven the text and illustrate the city's development until the end of the 19th century; thereafter, the text is illustrated by etchings, lithographs and especially photographs taken by some of the best-known photographers of the time as well as by sharp eyed if lesser-known observers of the city scene. These images enrich our understanding of the city. -- Library Journal This cultural history is a fascinating amalgam of essays and illustrations that ranges from the city's skyline to life on its streets. -- New York Daily News A well-illustrated... cultural history. It notes that the first skyscraper to excite New Yorkers was the 23-story Flatiron Building in 1903, transformed into 'an almost mystical feature of urban landscape'...But in 1973 the 110-story World Trade Center 'failed to excite public enthusiasm.' -- USA Today This combination of social history and rarely seen images of the city... covers all the bases. But it's the often surprising mid-century photographs that are most compelling. -- New York Magazine Cityscapes uses terrific old illustrations and photos to accompany a history of social, cultural, economic and ethnic changes, from the city's 1623 beginning as a colonial seaport to its evolution as a colossus of business in the last century. The illustrations propel you back to a city you're far too young to remember... But the authors don't skimp on photos, especially of New Yorkers themselves, those who, as we've seen graphically demonstrated in recent weeks, form the city's heart. -- The Miami Herald So well done, you want to linger on every page, walk through it over and over and just be overwhelmed with the maginificent photos. -- Patricia A. Kossmann, America As smart as it is beautiful. Cityscapes will thrill New York history buffs. -- Miriam Wolf, San Francisco Bay Guardian

Author Information

Howard B. Rock is a professor of history at Florida International University. His previous books include Artisans of the New Republic: The Tradesmen of New York City in the Age of Jefferson; The New York City Artisan, 1789-1825: A Documentary History; and Keepers of the Revolution: New Yorkers at Work in the Early Republic. Deborah Dash Moore is professor of religion at Vassar College. Her previous books include At Home in America: Second Generation New York Jews (Columbia) and the award-winning Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, coedited with Paula Hyman.

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