Sidewalk Critic

Lewis Mumford's Writings on New York

• Author(s): Lewis Mumford,
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Pages: 279
• ISBN_10: 1568981333
  ISBN_13: 9781568981338
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / General , Architecture / Criticism , Architecture / History / General , Architecture / History / Contemporary (1945-) , History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) , Social Science / Customs & Traditions ,

Description:... Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) is best known for his Sky Line column in the New Yorker where he served as architecture critic for over 30 years. A man of letters and part of Manhattan's intellectual elite, Mumford wrote more than 20 books over 6 decades, bridging the seemingly disparate disciplines of architecture, technology, literary criticism, biography, sociology and philosophy.