{"product_id":"flatiron-paperback","title":"Flatiron - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Sparberg Alexiou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe marvelous story of one of New York City's most unique buildings \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritics hated it. The public feared it would fall over. Passersby were knocked down by the winds. But even before it was completed, the Flatiron Building had become an unforgettable part of New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice Sparberg Alexiou chronicles not just the story of the building, but the heady times in which it was built. It was the dawn of the twentieth century, a time when Madison Square Park shifted from a promenade for rich women to one for gay prostitutes; when photography became an art; motion pictures came into existence; the booming economy suffered increasing depressions; jazz came to the forefront of popular music--and all within steps of one of the city's best-known and best-loved buildings.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Sparberg Alexiou is the author of \u003ci\u003eJane Jacobs: Urban Visionary. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eLilith \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNewsday, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and has a Ph.D. in classics from Fordham University. She lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720313704511,"sku":"9781250032041","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/94b6de1bb6fe3833fa6bc7ff702a9a7d.webp?v=1765088735","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/flatiron-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}