LIBRARY NOTES
The New York City Book Awards are given to current authors who have captured the essence of New York City. This year's jury members are Constance Rogers Roosevelt, chair; Lucienne Bloch, Barbara Cohen, Jules Cohn, Joan K. Davidson, Ellen Feldman, Martin Filler, Roger Pasquier, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Daniel M. Rossner, and Meg Wolitzer.
This year's awards will be presented at a ceremony and reception honoring the winning authors and their publishers. Hosting will be Mike Wallace, a New York City Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner for
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (1999). Mr. Wallace serves as director of the Gotham Center for New York City History.
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"If the Ashcan School brought a special and embracing eye to the city, Rebecca Zurier in her richly contextual and impressively interdisciplinary book explains and evokes that historically specific urban vision in all its richness. Finally, in Picturing the City, we have the study these painters have long deserved. And we gain new and delightful access to New York City at the moment of its emergence as a compelling embodiment of metropolitan modernity."
- Thomas Bender
New York University
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"...a fascinating history, very well written and researched, and lavishly illustrated. The contribution of the book as a biography enables Professor Dolkart to discuss the design of the building in relationship to the changing social fabric of the Lower East Side."
- Marta Gutman
The City College of New York
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"A model study of one of New York's most important commercial designers. "
- Christopher Gray
The New York Times
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