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Cities Then & Now: The World's Great Cities Brought to Life in Vivid See-Through Reconstructions
Cities Then Now The World's Great Cities Brought to Life in Vivid SeeThrough Reconstructions Author:Jim Antoniou The world's most exciting cities re-created then and now.Cities Then & Now brings to life the past and present of Jeusalem, Rome, New York, Paris and fourteen other great cities. Richly illustrated and packed with information, it provides fascinating insight into how cities are born and how they devel... more »op. Each city features a major site as it looked at a key point in history, printed on a transparent overlay and superimposed over a present-day color photograph. Easy-to-read text traces the growth of each city, its buildings, urban life, services and social history, people and politics. A wealth of accompanying picutres, drawings and maps illuminates each city.
Contents include: The Growth of Cities, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Florence, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jerusalem, London, Mexico City, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, San Francisco, Sydney, Tokyo, Washington, Utopian Cities -- Past Visions of the Future.« less