Modern New York: The Illustrated Story of Architecture in theFive Boroughs from 1920 to Today takes the reader on aroller-coaster ride through the changing fortunes of New YorkCity throughout the last hundred years, from the heights of theRoaring Twenties and Mad Men Fifties, to the depths of theGreat Depression Thirties, through to Fear City in theSeventies, and beyond. Many of the featured buildings won't befound in city guides and some of them are no longer around but each one played an integral part in the fascinating story ofthe ?ve boroughs.The ten decades are explored through some 150 buildings inall corners of the city, from Rockefeller Center to the Pan AmBuilding to the Standard Hotel, as well as treasures lost, suchas the 1927 Savoy-Plaza Hotel, and treasures rescued, such asthe astonishingly glamourous 1924 American RadiatorBuilding, now the Bryant Park Hotel. New York City has beendescribed from every possible angle through thousands ofbooks. But not many of them venture out of Manhattan, letalone visit all ?ve boroughs. Out of these, only a handful isaccessible to non-experts and fewer still are entertaining andillustrated. And none of them o?er such a crisp and visuallyuni?ed picture of the Big Apple.