Following on the success of Never Built Los Angeles, Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell now turn their eye to New York City.
Sam Lubell is the West Coast Editor of the Architect's Newspaper and the co-curator of the recent exhibition 'Never Built Los Angeles'. He is the author of five books about architecture. Greg Goldin was the architectural critic at Los Angeles Magazine from 1999 to 2011. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Architectural Record, Architect's Newspaper and Zocalo, among many other publications.
...leafing through Never Built New York will keep right on
provoking gasps at the sheer, lunatic audacity emblazoned on every
page.--Justin Davidson "New York Magazine"
Never Built New York encompasses a record of renderings, images,
models, and plans... offering an opportunity to reevaluate the
present in terms of the possible.--Alexandre De Looz "Bomb
Magazine"
a unique look at New York through various historical eras, such as
the Gilded Age and the mid-20th century. And yet the concepts
covered in Never Built New York don't seem entirely unfamiliar.
Indeed, they reveal a concern for the environment and a
preoccupation with space that are still on the minds of New York
City residents today.--Katie Hiler "Science Friday"
the impression one gets from flipping through Never Built New York
is one of visionary ambition for a city that's often remained
architecturally conservative, partly due to space limitations and
partly because of bureaucratic city planning.--Allison Meier
"Hyperallergic"
Compiling nearly 200 plans that came to naught, Never Built New
York (Metropolis Books) imagines an alternative city of
fairy-castle skyscrapers, pneumatic tubes, man-made islands, and
river-spanning jetports.-- "Elle Decor"
If you believe New York City's ongoing infestation of sliver towers
and chain stores is ruining the town you love, you may find some
small cheer in knowing how much worse things could be. Never Built
New York provides detailed, copiously illustrated accounts of
citywide plans spanning a century - a few intriguing, others
fanciful, many examples of outright vandalism - that highlight how
technological change commercial exigencies, and architectural
vanity could combine to distastefully ill effect.--Albert Mobilio
"Bookforum"
Retro and futuristic, Never Built New York is perfect for dreamers,
conceptual-design lovers, and those with an inclination towards
paradoxical "what ifs?" An architectural and philosophical
tour-de-force.--Amber C. Snider "The Culture Trip, Editors' Top
Pick 2016"
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