Background
Goldberger, Paul Jesse was born on December 4, 1950 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Morris and Edna (Kronman) Goldberger.
( Rising dramatically above all other skyscrapers at the ...)
Rising dramatically above all other skyscrapers at the tip of Manhattan, the World Trade Center symbolized New York. From any direction the Towers were lodestars, Manhattan's local mountains. Nearly a decade after the dark events of 9/11, New Yorkers continue to come to terms with the tragedy, and to reminisce about the views of the Towers they once had from their homes and offices. Visitors, too, are remembering how the WTC looked as they approached Manhattan by car, plane, or from the water. As we mourn for the terrible loss of life, we also want to remember. The 72 images of the World Trade Center presented in this book depict a New York we once knew, one we are now working to rebuild. For more than two decades, practically since the Twin Towers were erected, Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo have been photographing these awesome buildings. The pictures featured here portray the WTC from all directions, starting with views from the east at dawn, and ending with evening views from the west. There are captivating panoramas from Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, New Jersey, and uptown, taken in all seasons, as well as a section showing the grand Plaza at the center of the buildings. Together, they create an unforgettable portrait of the Twin Towers. Introducing this extraordinary collection of photographs, Paul Goldberger's text evokes the Towers and the city they came to symbolize. He recalls how they evolved in the public mind, targets of criticism to beloved American icons. He explains their architectural significance and explores their visceral meaning to New Yorkers. In contrast to books depicting the disaster and the days following it, this photographic memoir will be welcomed by all of us— New Yorkers and visitors alike — who yearn to remember the way the city was. A portion of the book's proceeds are donated to the Twin Towers Scholarship Program care of Scholarship America.
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The famous architectural critic has written the history of the skyscraper in the US, from its origins in the late 1800s to about 1980. Naturally, New York City and Chicago comprise the vast majority of the examples, but Goldberger frequently includes other US cities as well
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(On the Rise is the first anthology of Paul Goldberger's a...)
On the Rise is the first anthology of Paul Goldberger's architecture criticism from The New York Times, with seventy-nine essays published between 1974 and 1983. They range from critiques of new buildings like Wallace K. Harrison's Albany Mall ("The buildings of the mall are so foolish, so silly, so impractical as to be indefensible on serious architectural grounds, yet they do come together to make a totality with a certain futuristic tone to it, as if Buck Rogers were creating a seat of government") to essays on cities ("Houston remains one of the nation's most intriguing urban environments, a city in which growth is something of a religion and yet planning is something of an anathema") to ruminations on design such as "Why Buildings Grow On Us" and "Cookie Architecture" and "The Design Fallacy."
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Goldberger, Paul Jesse was born on December 4, 1950 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Morris and Edna (Kronman) Goldberger.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1972. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Pratt Institute, 1992. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Center Creative Studies.
Doctoral degree (honorary), New York School Interior Design. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Miami, 2004. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Kenyon College, 2005.
Staff editor The New York Times Magazine, New York City, 1972-1973. Architecture critic The New York Times, 1973—1990, editor cultural news, 1990-1994, chief cultural correspondent, 1994—1997, freelance contributor, 1995. Architecture critic-Sky Line Column The New Yorker, since 1997.
Dean The New School Parsons School Design, 2004—2006. Joseph Urban professor design and architect The New School, since 2006. Visiting lecturer architecture Yale University, since 1984.
(On the Rise is the first anthology of Paul Goldberger's a...)
(The famous architectural critic has written the history o...)
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Board trustees National Trust Historic Preservation, since 2005. Member board overseers Parsons School Design, 1986—1990, 1994—2004. Board directors Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers, 1994—2004, Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York, 1986—1990.
Board trustees Kenyon College, since 2003. Board trustees ethical culture Fieldston School, since 2004. Member American Institute of Architects (honorary, medal 1981), Society Architectural Historians (board directors 1977-1979), Century Association.
Married Susan Lynn Solomon, February 17, 1980. Children: Adam Hirsh, Benjamin James Solomon, Alexander David Solomon.