Gracie Mansion : a celebration of New York City's mayoral residence / by Ellen Stern ; foreword by Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Ellen, author.

Contributor:

De Blasio, Bill, 1961- writer of foreword.

McCray, Chirlane, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gracie Mansion (New York, N.Y.).

Official residences--New York (State)--New York.

Official residences.

Official residences--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works.

Mayor--Dwellings--New York (State)--New York.

Mayor.

Mayor--Dwellings--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works.

New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

New York (State)--New York.

Buildings.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

206 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plan ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 2021.

Summary:

A tribute to the unique, historic home and New York City treasure--a classic volume first published in 2005 is here revised and updated for today, with a new foreword by Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray. In this handsomely illustrated paeon to New York City's mayoral residence, author Ellen Stern charts the history of Gracie Mansion from its construction as Archibald Gracie's country home in 1799, to its importance as the home of New York City's mayors and their families, to its splendid restoration in 2002, to its new role today as a center of diversity and openness--the people's house. 0Blending the mansion's architectural and decorative progress with anecdotal portraits of the mayoral families, exclusive interviews with many of those who have lived and worked here, and over 200 paintings and watercolors, letters and maps, invitations and elevations, designers sketches, and before and after photos, this beautiful volume, written with the cooperation of the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, is the definitive account of a beloved New York landmark that is more popular today than ever before.

ISBN:

0847869563

9780847869565

OCLC:

1182589283