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A fascinating study of New York's emergence as the cultural capital of the postwar world, powerfully told by three renowned authorities in their respective fields

About the Author

Annie Cohen-Solal is a best-selling author whose works include biographies of Jean-Paul Sartre and kingmaker art dealer Leo Castelli.

Paul Goldberger is former chief architecture critic for the New York Times and the New Yorker.

Robert Gottlieb, formerly editor of the New Yorker, is now dance critic for the New York Observer.

Reviews

'Catalogues the spectacular results of a city’s culture catching up with its affluence … paints a vivid picture of cultural life half a century ago' - Standpoint