Lost in America : photographing the last days of our architectural treasures / Richard Cahan, Michael Williams.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Chicago : Cityfiles Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 208 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781733869058
- 1733869050
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Lost in America documents the life and death of America's architectural and historic treasures. The book is based on a remarkable archive created by the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), a Works Progress Administration project that still documents the nation's most important buildings.
Lost in America focuses on 100 buildings that have been torn down over the past 90 years. Some―like New York's Penn Station and Chicago's Stock Exchange―were majestic. Others―like a tiny bridge in rural Montana and a small farmstead torn down for Denver's International Airport―were modest. But they all reflected America's story before they were razed. Using haunting black-and-white images by the nation's top architectural photographers, the book presents a timely look at what we've lost.
"This publication is made possible through support from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation."
Lost in America chronicles the life and death of great American buildings. It's the first book that documents in words and pictures the destruction of more than 100 structures. A number were fought for. Some were mourned. Most slipped away unnoticed.
Foreword -- Lost in America -- Photographs -- Timeless -- Forgotten -- Disgraced -- Doomed -- Building list.