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The 2003 winners were honored at a ceremony on April 28, 2004.
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Book of the Year
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Award for Historical Fiction
The Newsboys' Lodging-House; or, The Confessions of William James by Jon Boorstin (Viking)
Award for Photography
Waterworks: A Photographic Journey Through New York\'s Hidden Water System by Stanley Greenberg (Princeton Architectural Press)
Special Citation of Merit
New York Streetscapes: Tales of Manhattan's Significant Buildings and Landmarks by Christopher Gray and Suzanne Braley (Harry N. Abrams)
David Von Drehle accepts the award for Triangle.
Juror Geoffrey Ward on Triangle:
Urban history at its best: vivid, compelling, meticulously researched. It also provides heartening evidence ... that great good can come from appalling tragedy.
Jon Boorstin at the ceremony.
Juror Roger Pasquier on The Newsboys' Lodging-House:
An ambitious and innovative reconstruction... a vivid picture of the roughest and most cultivated aspects of New York in the 1870s.
Stanley Greenberg speaks about his book Waterworks.
Juror Joan K. Davidson on Waterworks:
Brings to light the rough beauty of the industrial structure without which we would have no water - and reminds us of New York's marvelous complexity.
Michael Henry Adams presents Suzanne Braley with the award for Streetscapes.
Photographs by David Ortiz.
