Foreword, by Paul Goldberger Preface Acknowledgments Neighborhood Maps Introduction A-Z Bibliography Credits and Permissions Index
Published in conjunction with a New-York Historical Society exhibition, this photo-filled, pocket-size guidebook by a New York Times senior writer covers 1,079 houses of worship in New York City.
David W. Dunlap covers architecture and design, real-estate development, landmarks, and urban history for the New York Times. He is the author and photographer of On Broadway: A Journey Uptown Over Time, which won a Citation of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects. He is also the co-author and phtogrpaher of Glory in Gotham: Manhattan's Houses of Worship and the photographer of The City Observed: New York.
"From the foreword by Paul Goldberger "David Dunlap has proven more effectively than even Henry Codman Potter, Stephen S. Wise and Reverend Ike ever managed to do that New York is not a godless city. Each of these people held sway over one house of worship; Dunlap gives us more than a thousand, and in so doing he makes it clear that religious buildings are as much a part of the fabric of New York as brownstones. [Dunlap] has documented a wide swath of New York's social, cultural, and architectural history by viewing it through the lens of a single building type. The book is organized in the form of an encyclopedia with alphabetical entries of churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques both past and present. The effect of reading From Abyssinian to Zion is to feel as if you have experienced both the best aspects of a guidebook, since Dunlap whisks you all around Manhattan, and many of the most appealing qualities of a history, since he moves back and forth easily across time."
"From the foreword by Paul Goldberger "David Dunlap has proven more effectively than even Henry Codman Potter, Stephen S. Wise and Reverend Ike ever managed to do that New York is not a godless city. Each of these people held sway over one house of worship; Dunlap gives us more than a thousand, and in so doing he makes it clear that religious buildings are as much a part of the fabric of New York as brownstones. [Dunlap] has documented a wide swath of New York's social, cultural, and architectural history by viewing it through the lens of a single building type. The book is organized in the form of an encyclopedia with alphabetical entries of churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques both past and present. The effect of reading From Abyssinian to Zion is to feel as if you have experienced both the best aspects of a guidebook, since Dunlap whisks you all around Manhattan, and many of the most appealing qualities of a history, since he moves back and forth easily across time."
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