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New York an illustrated history

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Other Authors: Burns, Ric, Sanders, James, 1955-, Ades, Lisa
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1999.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
New York (N.Y.) > History.
New York (N.Y.) > History > Pictorial works.
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Physical Description:p. cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0679454829 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Ric Burns is best known for his work on the acclaimed PBS series The Civil War, which he produced with his brother, Ken Burns, and wrote with Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, and for which he received two Emmy Awards and the Producer of the Year award of the Producers Guild of America. Since 1990, he has directed for public television the award-winning documentaries Coney Island, The Donner Party, and The Way West.
James Sanders, an architect, has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Record. He has completed design and development projects for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Parks Council, the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and other civic groups and commercial clients in New York and Los Angeles.
Lisa Ades has produced with Ric Burns several awardwinning films for public television, including The Way West, a six-hour documentary broadcast nationally on PBS, and The Donner Party, which received Peabody and D.W. Griffith awards. Before coproducing Coney Island in 1990, she was a producer at New York's public television station WNET.

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