| Guide to Baltimore Architecture Rev and Enl Edition Contributor(s): Dorsey, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870334778 ISBN-13: 9780870334771 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 Annotation: From eighteenth-century mansions to urban high-rise buildings, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture chronicles two hundred years of architectural history through an exploration of the city's most beautiful and significant structures. Grouped by neighborhood in walking and driving tours, each building is pictured and described with a commentary on its history and style. This is a reference that will be informative to both the layman and the scholar; it will delight anyone who hopes to discover the architectural riches of the historic city that has become modern Baltimore. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - South - South Atlantic (dc, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, Sc, Va, Wv) - Architecture | History - General |
| Dewey: 720.975 |
| LCCN: 96031928 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.54" W x 9.02" (1.06 lbs) 472 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Cultural Region - South Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From eighteenth-century mansions to urban high-rise buildings, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture chronicles two hundred years of architectural history through an exploration of the city's most beautiful and significant structures. Grouped by neighborhood in fifteen walking and driving tours, more than two hundred notable Baltimore buildings are pictured and described with commentary on their history and style. Thoroughly rewritten, the guide incorporates new photographs, maps, and tours as well as updated biographies of Baltimore architects. This edition also features a fresh examination of twentieth-century design in Baltimore by architectural historian Phoebe B. Stanton. |