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Search - Bird's Eye Views: Historic Lithographs of North American Cities

Bird's Eye Views Historic Lithographs of North American Cities
Author: John William Reps, John W. Reps

As new towns and cities spread across the American frontier in the nineteenth century, itinerant artists soon followed, documenting these growing urban centers by drawing aerial perspectives, also known as bird's eye views. Commissioned by land speculators, local businesses, civic organizations, and individual citizens, these renderings fostered... more » both civic pride and local commerce. The use of color lithography, a recent invention popularized by such prominent publishers as Currier & Ives, allowed the inexpensive reproduction of the highest-quality drawings, so that a bird's eye view was within the financial budget of even the smallest towns. These extraordinarily detailed lithographs eventually numbered in the thousands and now serve as a rich pictorial record of North America as it stood a century ago. This sequel to our highly acclaimed title "An Atlas of Rare City Maps" collects over 100 views dating between 1835 and 1902, showing the streets, buildings, churches, bridges, waterways, and surrounding countryside of North American towns, ranging from burgeoning metropolitan centers to small logging towns and mining camps. Baltimore, Brooklyn, Denver, Indianapolis, Memphis, Montreal, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Syracuse, and Washington are just a few of the cities presented in this collection. The exquisite color and fine detail of these bird's eye views have been reproduced in all their original glory; also included is an introduction by John W. Reps providing a background on the artistic process and on urban development in the nineteenth century. John W. Reps, professor emeritus of city and regional planning at Cornell University, is a renowned authority on the history of American urban planning. He has written numerous books on the topic, including The Making of Urban America, Cities of the American West, and Views and Viewmakers of Urban America. The cities include: East - New Haven, CT; Washington, DC; Annapolis, MD; Baltimore, MD; Saco, ME; Boston, MA; Gloucester, MA; Holyoke, MA; Newark, NJ; Ocean Grove, NJ; Halifax, NS; Buffalo, NY; Cooperstown, NY; New York, NY; Syracuse, NY; London, ON; Toronto, ON; Ford City, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Montreal, PQ; Quebec, PQ; Newport, RI South - Birmingham, AL; Little Rock, AR; Pensacola, FL; Jacksonville, FL; Atlanta, GA; Savannah, GA; Lexington, KY; Louisville, KY; New Orleans, LA; Raleigh, NC; Charleston, SC; Memphis, TN; Chattanooga, TN; Alexandria, VA Midwest - Chicago, IL; Springfield, IL; Indianapolis, IN; South Bend, IN; Davenport, IA; Dubuque, IA; Ann Arbor, MI; Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN; Hannibal, MO; St. Louis, MO; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Sandusky, OH; La Crosse, WI; Madison, WI; Milwaukee, WI. Plains States - Colorado Springs, CO; Cripple Creek, CO; Denver, CO; Moscow, ID; Great Bend, KS; Lawrence, KS; Winnipeg, MB; Helena, MT; Lincoln, NE; Omaha, NE; Bismarck, ND; Oklahoma City, OK; Aberdeen, SD; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; Salt Lake, UT; Cheyenne, WY. West - Phoenix, AZ; Prescott, AZ; Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC; Los Angeles, CA; Shasta, CA; Sacramento, CA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; San Jose, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Reno, NV; Virginia City, NV; Albuquerque, NM; Santa Fe, NM; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Dawson, YK

ISBN-13: 9781568981468
ISBN-10: 1568981465
Publication Date: 12/1/1998
Pages: 115
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Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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Genres:

Arts & Photography >> Graphic Design >> Lithography
Arts & Photography >> History & Criticism >> General
Arts & Photography >> History & Criticism >> Regional >> Canadian
History >> Americas >> United States >> 19th Century >> General
Nonfiction >> Urban Planning & Development

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