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Lower Manhattan Projects

New York (N.Y.). Office of Lower Manhattan Development

Lower Manhattan Projects

by New York (N.Y.). Office of Lower Manhattan Development

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    Subjects:
  • Buildings, structures,
  • City planning,
  • Architecture,
  • Urban renewal,
  • History

  • Edition Notes

    Cover title.

    StatementOffice of Lower Manhattan Development, Office Of they Mayor, City of New York
    Classifications
    LC ClassificationsHT168.N5 N496 1975
    The Physical Object
    Pagination16 unnumbered leaves :
    Number of Pages16
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL25602975M
    OCLC/WorldCa865582408

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    The very first book I read on the Manhattan Project was, serendipitously, Richard Rhodes' Pulitzer classic "The Making of the Atomic Bomb", probably the best and most comprehensive book on the topic. But it is primarily a history book; it contains enough science Reviews: A new work by Krasznahorkai is always an event, and The Manhattan Project is no less. As part of Krasznahorkai’s fellowship at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars a Internationally celebrated Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai has been heralded by Susan Sontag as “the Hungarian master of the apocalypse” and /5(4).

      I moved here in , and one day I went to the Strand bookstore and was flipping through books on New York and saw “Manhattan in Maps” by .   For a great historical look you can’t beat Richard Rhodes books. The Making of the Atomic Bomb covers the Manhattan Project and Dark Sun addresses the development of the hydrogen bomb. He has two further books on nuclear weapons - Arsenals of Foll.


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The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians By Cynthia C.

Kelly. MM: The editor of this book is head of the Atomic Heritage Foundation, dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the Manhattan Project.

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Welcome to THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the creators of THE RED WING. Brought to you by award-winning writer JONATHAN HICKMAN and possibly the best new talent of the year, NICK PITARRA, THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS is a look at history through a darker, much stranger, lens.

In the book, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg says “Lower Manhattan’s ongoing rebirth as a vibrant 24/7 community can be seen not only in the growth of its residents, companies, and visitors, but also in the amount of new construction that continues to reshape the area.

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