Background
Toker, Franklin K. was born on April 29, 1944 in Montreal. Came to the United States, 1964. Naturalized, 1983. Son of Maxwell Harris and Ethel (Herzberg-Serchuk) Toker.
(The author using the insights gained from his earlier stu...)
The author using the insights gained from his earlier studies as an architectural and urban historian, analyzes the city and paints a meticulously crafted portrait, neighborhood by neighborhood. This book creates a context for Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and 750 other buildings that constitute one of the greatest assemblages of architectural masterpieces in America. With 246 new photographs and 27 annotated maps, it is a detailed guidebook to these architectural riches that goes further to explore the economic, social, and intellectual life of a notoriously tirbulent and expansive city.
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( In the extensive new preface, Toker examines the approa...)
In the extensive new preface, Toker examines the approach he took in writing The Church of Notre-Dame in Montreal and reflects on the implications of what has been discovered since the book was first published in 1970.
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archaeologist educator Foundation administrator art historian
Toker, Franklin K. was born on April 29, 1944 in Montreal. Came to the United States, 1964. Naturalized, 1983. Son of Maxwell Harris and Ethel (Herzberg-Serchuk) Toker.
Bachelor, McGill University, Montreal, 1964. Master of Arts in Fine Arts, Oberlin College, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts, Harvard University, 1973.
Instructor, Boston School Architecture, 1967;
archaeological director, Florence (Italy) Cathedral excavations, 1969-1974;
A.W. Mellon visiting professor, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1974-1976;
associate professor, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1976-1980;
associate professor fine arts, U. Pittsburgh, 1980-1987;
professor, U. Pittsburgh, since 1987. Visiting professor U. Florence, 1988-1989, U. Rome, since 1991, U. Reggio Calabria, 1996. Preservation consultant The Carnegie, Pittsburgh, 1981-1983.
Board directors Allegheny Survey, Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, 1980-1985. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985. Fellow Committee to Rescue Italian Art, Florence, 1969.
Fellow I Tatti-Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, 1972.
( In the extensive new preface, Toker examines the approa...)
( In the extensive new preface, Toker examines the approa...)
(The author using the insights gained from his earlier stu...)
(Translation of the book "The church of Notre-Dame in Mont...)
(Regional history study of Pittsburgh)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
Member economic development committee Allegheny Conference Community Development, Pittsburgh, 1983-1985. Member College Art Association (life, Arthur Kingsley Porter prize 1980), Medieval Academy (life), Society Architectural Historians (president, 1993-1994, life member, board directors 1985-1988), Archaeol. Institute American, International Center for Medieval Art.
Married Ellen Judith Burack, September 3, 1972. Children: Sarah Augusta, Maxwell, Jeffrey.