Description:
This guide explores New York's concrete and Brutalist landmarks across the five boroughs. Written by Allison C. Meier and photographed by Jason Woods, it features over fifty remarkable buildings, an introduction and maps. From Wright's Guggenheim Museum and Saarinen's TWA Flight Center to Breuer's Bronx Community College, it reveals how concrete shaped New York's modern identity -- monumental, inventive and enduring.
Blue Crow Media continues its celebration of Modernist and Brutalist architecture through its acclaimed maps, books and calendars.
Brief description: Allison C. Meier is an Oklahoma-born, Brooklyn-based writer, editor, and researcher focused on visual culture, architecture, and overlooked history. She is the author of Grave (2023, Bloomsbury) in the Object Lessons book series and the editor of the Modernist New York (2025), Great Trees of New York (2021), Art Deco New York (2018), and Concrete New York (2017) maps from Blue Crow Media. She moonlights as a cemetery tour guide at New York burial grounds is a licensed New York City sightseeing guide.
Review Quotes: Blue Crow Media continues its celebration of Modernist and Brutalist architecture through its acclaimed maps, books and calendars.