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New York City as it might have been: 200 years of visionary architectural plans for unbuilt subways, bridges, parks, airports, stadiums, streets, train stations and, of course, skyscrapersNever Built New York shows us the visionary architectural ideas of the city's greatest dreamers across two centuries of New York City history. Nearly 200 proposals spanning 200 years encompass bridges, skyscrapers, master plans, parks, transit schemes, amusements, airports, plans to fill in rivers and extend Manhattan, and much, much more. Included are alternate visions for Central Park, Columbus Circle, Lincoln Center, MoMA, the UN, Grand Central Terminal, the World Trade Center site and other highlights such as: Alfred Ely Beachs system of airtight subway cars propelled via atmospheric pressure; Frank Lloyd Wrights last project, his Key Plan for Ellis Island, on which he would have developed his dream city; Buckminster Fullers design for Brooklyns Dodger Stadium, complete with giant geodesic dome to shield players and fans from the rain; developer William Zeckendorfs Rooftop Airport, perched on steel columns 200 feet above street level, spanning from 24th to 71st Street, Ninth Avenue to the Hudson River; John Johansens Leapfrog City proposal to create an entirely new neighborhood atop the tenements of East Harlem; and Stephen Holls Bridge of Houses, offering options from SROs to modest studios to luxury apartments on a segment of what is now the High Line.Factfilled and entertaining texts, plus sketches, renderings, prints and models drawn from archives across the country tell stories of ideas that would have drastically transformed the way we inhabit and move through the city.
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