Alone together : a history of New York's early apartments /

Alone together : a history of New York's early apartments /

Describes how the apartment building developed in the late nineteenth century and gradually achieved acceptance as middle-class housing in New York City.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cromley, Elizabeth C.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1990.
Subjects:	Geschichte (1860-1910) Apartment houses > New York (State) > New York. Architecture and society > New York (State) > New York. Architecture and society > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Architecture, Modern > 19th century > New York (State) > New York. Architecture, Modern > 20th century > New York (State) > New York. Architecture > New York (État) > New York. Architecture > New York (État) > New York > 19e siècle. Architecture et société > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle. Architecture et société > New York (État) > New York. Immeubles d'habitation > New York (État) > New York. Apartment houses. Architecture and society. Apartment Flatgebouwen. Woningen. New York (State) > New York. New York, NY New York (N.Y.) Apartment houses > New York (State) > New York Architecture and society > New York (State) > New York

Table of Contents:

Making do
Reference points: good and bad dwellings
The first generation of New York apartments
At home in the first apartment houses
The family flat grows up
The modern apartment house.