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Skyscraper Museum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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21 books
Book Cover for: The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem, Expanded Edition, Brian D. Goldstein

The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem, Expanded Edition

Brian D. Goldstein
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#Harlem : #Gentrification or Renaissance? It's complicated, as @TomSugrue writes today in @archpaper and in the intro to @bgoldst 's The Roots of Urban Renaissance. Goldstein discusses his book and talks with #RichardEaddy on Tuesday, March 21 at 6pm! Links in our bio. 📸@bgoldst https://t.co/vQvU6rJ7y0

Paperback, 2023

$22.95Member price:$20.66 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: New York: Notebook, City Skyline, Nyc Skyline

New York: Notebook, City Skyline

Nyc Skyline
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From Waterline to Skyline in New York City! Today, we had visionaries of all ages join together to design one collaborative sidewalk skyline! #skyline #waterline #skyscraper #NYC #museum https://t.co/BjRhIjuY0r

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Book Cover for: The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight, Nicholas Dagen Bloom

The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight

Nicholas Dagen Bloom
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🚎🚟 Join us for on May 16th for a conversation between Nicholas Dagen Bloom and Robert Fishman about Bloom's newest book, "The Great American Transit Disaster." RSVP for #FREE through the link in our bio! #nyc #history #urbanplanning #architecture #nyctransit #booktalk https://t.co/LAMMUe53n4

Paperback, 2024

$28.00Member price:$28.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Rosie Revere, Engineer: A Picture Book, Andrea Beaty

Rosie Revere, Engineer: A Picture Book

Andrea Beaty
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Challenge your young engineer at our next family program! We’ll be reading Andrea Beaty’s “Rosie Revere, Engineer” and then engineering our own towers, just like Rosie! RSVP to join us at the link in our bio. #nyc #newyork #thingstodonyc #kidsactivities #architecture #free https://t.co/mnqaZJG5mw

Hardcover, 2013

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Exhibition, Mark Willis

Exhibition

Mark Willis
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Mark your calendars! On Oct 15th, our director Carol Willis will be leading a walking tour of Lower Manhattan to look at the featured buildings of our recent exhibition, RESIDENTIAL RISING: Lower Manhattan since 9/11. RSVP here: https://t.co/qHEX9yFkqu https://t.co/TGmwRd7ypQ

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Book Cover for: Birds & Beasts: Adult Coloring Book Grayscale, Ajm Leisure

Birds & Beasts: Adult Coloring Book Grayscale

Ajm Leisure
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Join us on Tuesday, September 27th at 6 PM for our book talk with photographer Andrew Garn (@newyorkPigeon1) and writer Eric P. Nash on their book New York Art Deco: Birds, Beasts & Blooms! Sign up at https://t.co/rzY2GFyCT2 https://t.co/sEMNZj0PHp

Paperback, 2018

$5.99Member price:$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Floating Pool Lady: A Quest to Bring a Public Pool to New York City's Waterfront, Ann L. Buttenwieser

The Floating Pool Lady: A Quest to Bring a Public Pool to New York City's Waterfront

Ann L. Buttenwieser
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Our Book Talk Series continues next Monday with Ann Buttenwieser and her book The Floating Pool Lady: A Quest to Bring a Public Pool to New York City's Waterfront. The talk will be followed by a dialogue with Regina Meyer, President of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. Join us! https://t.co/Klprl01nUa

Hardcover, 2021

$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Subway, Christoph Niemann

Subway

Christoph Niemann
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Come join us for a Fall full of fun Family Programs! On Oct 8 we’ll read Christoph Niemann’s Subway and design our own subway systems, and on Oct 29 we’ll stretch our bodies and imagination with spooky yoga poses!🍁🎃🧡RSVP:https://t.co/dYmPKWHUbL https://t.co/NXr4vgfOju

Hardcover, 2010

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Civil War: The Complete Text of the Bestselling Narrative History of the Civil War--Based on the Celebrated PBS Television Series, Geoffrey C. Ward

The Civil War: The Complete Text of the Bestselling Narrative History of the Civil War--Based on the Celebrated PBS Television Series

Geoffrey C. Ward
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Attend a virtual Book Talk by Ric Burns & James Sanders on New York: An Illustrated History, and the launch of our Construction History lecture series with Don Friedman and Tom Leslie. All Programs are FREE! For more details and RSVP, access The Skyscraper Website (link in bio).

Paperback, 1994

$23.00Member price:$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: South Bronx, Bill Twomey

South Bronx

Bill Twomey
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Interested in the birthplace of hip-hop? Join us Apr 4th for a book talk on South Bronx Rising. We'll be joined by historian Jill Jonnes and activist @nilkamartell in conversation with @bloom17_bloom to discuss the rise, fall and rise again of the #SouthBronx. RSVP in bio! https://t.co/diPSU1eCD6

Hardcover, 2002

$31.99Member price:$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book