Twenty Minutes in Manhattan

Name: Twenty Minutes in Manhattan
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ISBN: 9780865477575

ISBN-10: 0865477574

ISBN-13: 9780865477575

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Authors: Michael Sorkin

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“This is the most brilliant epitome of Manhattan ever written.” —Mike DavisEvery morning, the architect and writer Michael Sorkin walks from his apartment in Greenwich Village to his office in Tribeca. Unlike most commuters, Sorkin isn’t in a hurry, and he doesn’t try to drown out his surroundings. Instead, he’s always paying attention. As he descends the narrow stairs of his town house, Sorkin explains why New York doesn’t have the grand stairwells so common in European apartment buildings. Stepping out onto his block, he imagines a better, more efficient, far less dirty way to dispose of garbage. As he crosses Canal Street, he remembers the mad proposals for tunnels, elevated…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 3/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Michael Sorkin is principal of Michael Sorkin Studio & director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City College of New York.



The Stairs


The Stoop


The Block


Washington Square


LaGuardia Place


SoHo


Canal Street


Tribeca


145 Hudson Street


Alternative Routes


Esprit d'Escalier


Acknowledgments