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Called the "Western Door" by the Seneca Indians, western New York is the Empire State's open secret. Here travelers will find Niagara Falls. And nearby, the Erie Canal ends its 300-mile trip as it empties into Lake Erie near Tonawanda. The "famous five" stair-step locks that carried the canal over the Niagara Escarpment at Lockport are still preserved near the Erie Canal Museum. Buffalo has the largest concentration of theaters and art galleries in the state outside of New York City. In Rochester, museums, cafés, and shopping abound. This book is the first comprehensive guide to this vast cultural, historic, and natural destination.

This guide also includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, vacation cottages, and campgrounds; hundreds of dining recommendations, from roadside diners to four-star cuisine; up-to-date regional and downtown maps; an alphabetical "What's Where" subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out places of extra value, family- and pet-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, and popular wedding venues. 60 black & white photographs, 17 maps, index.

Western New York: An Explorer's Guide: From Niagara Falls and Southern Ontario to the Western Edge of the Finger Lakes, Second Edition (Explorer's Guides)

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Western New York: An Explorer's Guide: From Niagara Falls and Southern Ontario to the Western Edge of the Finger Lakes, Second Edition (Explorer's Guides)
Christine A. Smyczynski
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Last Names First...and Some First Names Too (Junior Literary Guild Selection Series)

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Mary Price Lee , and Richard S.
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Custom Built a Twenty-Year Survey of Work by Allan Wexler

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Chris Scoates , and Debra Wilbur
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Collecting Art Deco Ceramics: Shapes and Patterns from the 1920s and 1930s

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Collecting Art Deco Ceramics: Shapes and Patterns from the 1920s and 1930s
Pat Watson , and Howard Watson
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Home Design Featuring All Time Best Sellers (Home Plan Book Series)

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Home Design Featuring All Time Best Sellers (Home Plan Book Series)

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Home Designs Featuring All-Time Best-Sellers Vol 2 (Home Designs Featuring All-Time Best-Sellers)

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Home Designs Featuring All-Time Best-Sellers Vol 2 (Home Designs Featuring All-Time Best-Sellers)

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The Capitol in Albany
William Kennedy
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The unique character New York State's Capitol Building is explored in this volume. Four of America's leading photographers and Albany's leading man of letters throw the spotlight on this little-known landmark. Photographers William Clift, Stephen Shore, Judith Turner, and Dan Weaks turn their camera eye on this historical monument in celebration of its beauty. An introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy addresses the Capitol's history and Kennedy's own remembrances of its glory days. A preface by New York Governor Mario Cuomo, Warren M. Anderson, and Stanley Fink sets the tone of loving appreciation.

The diverse collection of images herein is a testament not only to the myriad fascinations which the building holds but to the flexibility and varied vocabulary of the photograph. The Capitol in Albany begins with Dan Weak's black-and-white composite photographs of the four facades. Weaks's images offer the most complete view of the Capitol extant, a view unavailable to the human eye from the street. Stephen Shore moves us inward with beautiful color images of the grand stairways that lead to the Capitol's many entrances. Once inside, William Clift photographs the anterooms and meeting rooms, bringing a delicacy of vision to bear on the ghosts of Albany's past. Finally, Judith Turner explores the structural details which distinguish the Capitol, rendering them with the simplicity of charcoal drawing.

In all, the Capitol is revealed to be both architecturally significant and rich in history. This volume speaks eloquently and convincingly of the building's beauty and the need for architectural and historical preservation.

A landmark work of architecture, the New York State Capitol Building in Albany has been a source of both pride and controversy since its inception in 1866. Like a medieval cathedral--and unlike most American architecture--the construction of the building stretched over more than three decades and several changes in popular taste. It bears the creative imprints of a half-dozen architects, and stands today as an amazing amalgam made from the stuff of both dreams and democracy.

The Capitol's history began during the Revolutionary War when, fleeing the British, legislators left their home base in New York City, and constantly shifted their meetings from Harlem to Fishkill, Kingston to Poughkeepsie and Albany. As bureaucracy would have it, mountains of paperwork accumulated, forcing the legislature to become less mobile. In 1797 a bill was passed designating Albany the capital. In 1804 it was decided that an official meeting house was needed for these, the most influential decision-makers in the Empire State. The cornerstone for the original capitol building was laid in 1806, on the top of State Street Hill in Albany, with Mayor Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer in attendance. By 1863, the state government had outgrown its modest quarters several times over, and bigger, more lavish quarters were required. Two years of planning and debate ensued over a new capitol and whether it should be built in Albany. It was decided that it should and the new capitol rose up behind the old one.

As lawmakers changed, so did the tastemakers--and the architects they employed. The first round of building was marked by the collaboration of Thomas and Italian Renaissance architecture respectively. In 1876, with a new legislature in place, and financial appropriations wavering accordingly, Gilman withdrew and Fuller was dismissed. They were replaced by an advisory board containing Leopold Eidlitz, Henry H. Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted, creator of New York's Central Park. Through this committee, Romanesque and French Renaissance touches were added to the previous styles. In 1883, Issac Perry was put in charge of the project. He completed the work of his predecessors and made a major addition to the edifice--the grand front staircase. Through it all, and despite the objections of architectural purists, the building developed into a unique and graceful marriage of styles. Today, with an extensive restoration underway, it stands as a monument to elegance, endurance, and the glory of New York State.

The subject is New York City in the 20th century. How did the most prominent and highly respected photographers look at and capture the Big Apple? That's the subject here. The only photographers that you might have expected to be in the book that aren't are Diane Arbus, Roy DeCarava and Robert Frank -- due to disputes with Ms. Arbus's daughter and the latter two photographers. So it?s quite complete.

I am a photography fan, and was familiar with most of the photographers covered in the book. But I found the book built on my previous understanding of their work by exposing me to works that I had not seen before and by carefully explaining those works. Some may be disappointed that many iconographic works are not included here . . . but many of those are referenced in Max Kozloff's essay. So you'll see them indirectly in your mind.

The plates capture many different focuses for photography, different styles, varieties of techniques and equipment, and different philosophies about the purpose of photography. As such, they present a catalog of the whole field of photography in the last century. That catalog is more valuable because it concentrates on one subject . . . in many different dimensions.

Frankly, how do you capture New York on film? You can't. Most photographers tried to capture tiny elements that express universal truths. Some succeeded in timeless ways while others created time-limited archives of the past.

As wonderful as the photographs are, the essay by Max Kozloff is what sets this book apart from other photography books. It's as though he gives you a personal tour of the show and answers your questions about the photographers and the plates in as much detail as you want. Almost every plate is discussed and some figures are added for context as well. Seeing the collection through his eyes was like suddenly being loaned an advanced degree in photography studies. Enlivened by this education, I'm sure my eye will always notice more about fine photography when I see it displayed in the future.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of this field. In addition, I strongly urge New Yorkers to get copies. The sights captured here will trigger many important memories.

As I finished this wonderful volume, I thought about how fortunate photography students would be if their teachers used this book as a source . . . and then assigned the students to photograph New York.

Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America, 1900-1968

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Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America, 1900-1968

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Hakka Chinese Confront Protestant Christianity 1850-1900: With the Autobiographies of Eight Hakka Christians, and Commentary (Studies on Modern China)

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Hakka Chinese Confront Protestant Christianity 1850-1900: With the Autobiographies of Eight Hakka Christians, and Commentary (Studies on Modern China)
Jessie G. Lutz , and Rolland Ray Lutz
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HAKKA CHINESE CONFRONT PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY, 1850-1900: With the Autobiographies of Eight Hakka Christians, and a Commentary.(Review): An article from: Pacific Affairs

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HAKKA CHINESE CONFRONT PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY, 1850-1900: With the Autobiographies of Eight Hakka Christians, and a Commentary.(Review): An article from: Pacific Affairs
John S. Conway
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