The View from the 86th Floor

Synopsis of The View from the 86th Floor

«The View from the 86th Floor» is John Tauranac's historical and architectural essay on the Empire State Building, in paperback (80 pages, in English).

A journey through the history of the Empire State Building and its link with New York: the construction, the architecture and the cultural significance of the skyscraper. John Tauranac offers a historical and scholarly perspective on the building and the city around it.

Full subtitle: The Empire State Building and New York City. Revised edition published in 2004.

For those interested in urban history, architecture and New York culture, and collectors of books on the Empire State Building.