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Books: by Subject: Architecture
Buffalo Treasures
Planning to spend an afternoon in The City of Good Neighbors?
This informative book guides you on a walking tour of 25 major
Buffalo buildings, straddling the boom years and the present day.
Authored and photographed by historian Jan Sheridan, the new edition of Buffalo Treasures now
includes a driving tour of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes. $6.95
Church Tales of the
Niagara Frontier: Legends, History & Architecture
Architectural historian Austin
Fox has compiled memorable stories of
more than 60 sacred sites across Western New York and Southern
Ontario, from magnificent urban cathedrals to quaint village
churches. Church Tales includes 125 vivid photographs
and renderings. The detailed pen-and-ink drawings were created by
respected Buffalo artist Lawrence McIntyre. $14.95
Classic Buffalo
Striking full-color images of Buffalo's rich architectural
history, as told through the text of Robert O. Reisem and the
photography of Andy
Olenick. America's greatest architects
plied their trade in the boom town years of Buffalo, and there
are still structures that bear the stamp of Henry Hobson
Richardson, Louis Sullivan, Richard Upjohn, Stanford White, and
Frank Lloyd Wright. This dazzling collection showcases the fruits
of their imaginative labors. $39.95
Cobblestone Quest
Learn why, during a mere 35-year span in the middle of the 19th
century, approximately 700 cobblestone structures were erected
within a 65-mile radius of Rochester, New York, and no where
else. Rich & Sue
Freeman have organized the book into 17
self-guided tours of these beautiful cobblestone structures for
car, motorcycle -- or bicycle. $19.95
Frank Lloyd Wright's
Darwin D. Martin House: Rescue of a Landmark
After being out of print for years, the book is back in an
updated second edition. This is the story of the rise and fall,
and eventual re-birth of a national treasure. As told by art
historian Marjorie
Quinlan, read how a glowing example of
a Wright home was abandoned and allowed to fall into decay, only
to be rescued by the patient and determined efforts of the
Tauriellos. $13.95
Frederick Law Olmsted's
Point Chautauqua
Olmsted already was America's foremost designer of
landscapes, when he was asked to design a planned community meant
for a religious group. His planned community is largely still
intact. $15.00
National Landmarks of Western New York
Author Jan Booth
Sheridan takes you on a guided tour of
Western and Central New York's rich history. Dozens of
photographs showcase a selection of the region's most storied
locations. $9.95
The Rainbow City
The book revisits the 1901 Pan-American Exposition held in
thriving Buffalo, then the eighth largest city in the U.S., to
reveal the ambitious color and architectural scheme that
symbolically depicted and celebrated the progress of
civilization. Authored by Kerry S. Grant. $15.00
Symbol & Show: The
Pan-American Exposition of 1901
The book offers a riveting look at perhaps the greatest event in
Buffalo's history, as Austin
Fox brings to light many half-forgotten
facts. The major buildings, and many of the lesser-known
structures, are beautifully illustrated by Lawrence McIntyre. $15.95
Victorian Buffalo
Images from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
A remarkable collection of lithographs, woodcuts and steel
engravings from the years before photography was more than a
novelty, and when Buffalo, New York, was a boom town. Cynthia Van Ness has compiled and authored an extraordinary look back at
a different age. $13.95
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