Holdouts!: The Buildings That Got in the Way

by Andrew Alpern and Seymour Durst

Book Overview

The story of urban development and the buildings--for whatever reasons--that stood in the way.

A "hold-out" is a building that got in the way of another building. They appear whenever urban densities make land valuable and wherever a profit motive exists to trigger change. Holdouts are often thought of as David versus Goliath battles, but is David the little homeowner who doesn't want to abandon his hearth to the big heartless developer?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567924433
• ISBN13: 9781567924435
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 11.3"