 Synagogues of New York CityThis lavish volume contains the history of synagogue architecture in America's oldest and largest Jewish community. There are two hundred color and black & white photographs, illustrations, architect's renderings, floor plans and maps. Some of the synagogues featured in this coffee-table book include Temple Emanu-El, the largest Reform temple in the world; the Central Synagogue, which is undergoing a $40 million restoration; the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, North America's oldest congregation-founded in 1654; a synagogue "floating" between two industrial loft buildings in Tribeca; synagogues designed for Greek, Syrians and Persian Jews; a tour of Jewish Harlem, where there were an estimated 178,000 Jews in the 1910s; a tour of the synagogues of the Lower East Side; and a synagogue in Brooklyn affectionately called "Murphy's Shul." There are sections devoted to the Cantors of the synagogues, synagogue architects and interior designers such as Arthur Szyk, Chaim Gross and Louis Comfort Tiffany. There are listings of over 1500 former synagogue locations throughout the five boroughs of New York City.If you are interested in purchasing this item, please go to our Contact page. Our Price: $35.00 |
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