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The Finest Building in America: The New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858
The Finest Building in America The New York Crystal Palace 18531858
Author: Edwin G. Burrows
When first opened to the public in 1853, New York's Crystal Palace created a sensation. Those who had seen London's Crystal Palace, the structure it was openly intended to emulate, argued that America's copy far surpassed it. Built in what is today Bryant Park, a four-acre site between 40th and 42nd Streets, the colossus of glass and steel indee...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780190681210
ISBN-10: 0190681217
Publication Date: 2/7/2018
Pages: 264
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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