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Ammar Azzouz
Domicide

"The city of Homs, like so many places in Syria, has suffered mass destruction since the war began in 2011. So far, the architectural response to the crisis has focused on 'cultural heritage', ancient arc…

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Arthur Hylen
Los Angeles Before the Freeways

Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of An Era 1850-1950 gives a lush, visual tour of a Los Angeles that no longer exists--one of elegant office buildings and stately mansions that were razed in the na…

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Peter Swift Seibert,
Summer Cottage Communities

As people began spending their summers away from the city, "cottage communities" appeared in vacation spots to provide leisure activities to the American middle class. Inspired by tent revivals, many such…

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Joseph S Pete
Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor

"Explore the city of yesteryear. East Chicago, Indiana, was a melting pot. The Indiana Harbor neighborhood drew comparisons to Ellis Island as immigrants flocked from all over the world to work at its ste…

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Allison Guertin Marchese
Lost Columbia County, New York

Columbia County Past Revealed People have been drawn to Columbia County, New York, for years. Beyond the region's picturesque streams, lakes and mountains, the county is filled with the magic of history. …

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Lowell C Bennion
Twelve Mormon Homes Revisited

"In Twelve Mormon Homes: Visited in Succession on a Journey through Utah to Arizona, first published in 1874, Elizabeth Kane recorded impressions of what she heard and saw among the Mormon people in the t…

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Lowell C Bennion
Twelve Mormon Homes Revisited

"In Twelve Mormon Homes: Visited in Succession on a Journey through Utah to Arizona, first published in 1874, Elizabeth Kane recorded impressions of what she heard and saw among the Mormon people in the t…

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Thomas Leslie
Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934

A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings.…

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John King
Portal

Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world-the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and Wor…

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Molly Lester,
Building Ghosts

"Portrays and examines imprints and impressions of demolished buildings found on the walls of neighboring structures. Includes architectural street photography, vignettes of the ghosts' histories, and ref…

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Nora Wendl
Almost Nothing

The iconic Edith Farnsworth House is a singular glass home designed by Mies van der Rohe. But the oft-told history of the house overwrites Farnsworth’s role as Mies’s collaborator and antagonist while fal…

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Gay Talese
Bartleby & Me

“Literary Legend” (New York) Gay Talese retraces his pioneering career, marked by his fascination with the world's hidden characters. In the concluding act of this "incomparable" (Air Mail) capstone book,…

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Stephanie Azzarone,
Fabulous Fountains of New York

A Stunning Exploration of New York's Most Enchanting Fountains New York City's fountains are more than just decorative features - they are historical landmarks, cultural icons, and dynamic works of art …

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Starley Talbott, Michael E Kassel
Cheyenne's Capitol Avenue Bronze

Casting the Cowboy State's Past Wyoming's history is enshrined in the bronze sculptures lining Capitol Avenue and across Cheyenne. The idea, conceived only a decade prior, rapidly grew into the most succ…

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Genevieve Faoro-Johannsen, Robert D Vigil Jr
Lost Sopris

Before the Flood The lost town of Sopris lies silently beneath the depths of Trinidad Lake. Once a thriving mining community in the late 1800s, it was renowned for abundant coal deposits and a bustling p…

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Russell Kelley,
Historic Palm Beach

"This book introduces three tours that reveal the history of Palm Beach through its buildings. The tours are in chronological order and have historical photos from the Historical Society of Palm Beach Cou…

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Christopher Bell
Walking East Harlem

East Harlem native Christopher Bell takes you on three separate walking tours of his beloved neighborhood, sharing fascinating stories about its theatres, museums, art spaces, schools, churches, mosques, …

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