A project of the MAS since 1980, UCB is a resource for professionals and laypersons alike, stocking books on a wide range of architecture and related subjects and organizing regular events and exhibits. Through lectures, panel discussions and exhibits in Urban Center Galleries, UCB maintains a vital role in the discussion of architecture in the city and around the world.
For more information or to purchase books online, visit www.urbancenterbooks.org.
Top Titles at Urban Center Books
March 14, 2008
This month at UCB, we recommend the following titles:
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Death and Life of the Great American Cities
Jacobs, Jane
$15.95, 458 pages, Paperback, Vintage Publications
Billed by the New York Times as "Perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning..." More than that, it is a sprawling and discursive ode to city life and an invective against modernist planning dogma.
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Creating Central Park
Heckscher, Morrison H.
$19.95, 73 pages, paperback, Yale University Press
Utilizing historical drawings and photographs, this slim book documents the call and competition for as well as the execution of an enormous park in the middle of Manhattan. Well documented, thorough and compact.
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Urban Center Books Voted Among City's Best by New York Magazine
March 06, 2008 |
Taken directly from NYMag.com, here's the verdict:
Best Genre-Specific Bookstores
HIGH-MINDED GEM
Urban Center Books
457 Madison Ave., nr. 51st St. 212-935-3595
What You’ll Find
A tiny, high-ceilinged space packed with indispensable texts for design nuts from the classics (Jane Jacobs, of course) to the current issue (No. 10) of Future magazine.
What You Won’t
Novels; scented candles; Harry Potter.
Area Amenities
Excellent (and free) exhibit literally next door at the Municipal Art Society.
UCB Top Ten Titles
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Hundreds of Books Discounted at Urban Center Books' in End of Fiscal Year Sale
February 01, 2008 |
Head down (or up) to Urban Center Books for its End of the Fiscal Year Sale, where hundreds of titles on a wide range of architecture are available at discounts – some up to 75% off list price. Here’s just a taste: American Cities: Historic Maps And Views, hardcover, 207 pages, $69.95, now $48.97, ABC NYC: A Book About Seeing New York City, (For ages 4-7) hardcover, 56 pages, $15.95Private Views: Inside the World's Greatest Homes, hardcover, 224 pages, $50.00, now $32.50. Quantities are limited. Come in early for best selection. Visit www.urbancenterbooks.org for store hours and directions.