1. Seventeenth Century: Dutch Beginnings -- 2. Eighteenth Century: Georgian Architecture and a Revolution -- 3. The Federal Style -- 4. Nineteenth Century: Greek Revival -- 5. Temples of Commerce and Houses of Industry -- 6. Churches: From Temple Fronts to Statue Columns -- 7. Cast-Iron Buildings, Their Legacy, and the Palazzo Style -- 8. The Tallest Building in the World, 1913-30: The Woolworth Building -- 9. Fashionable Dwellings -- 10. Theaters -- 11. The New York Port Comes of Age -- 12. Art Deco Skyscrapers -- 13. Rockefeller Center: Innovation in Urban Planning -- 14. Graves, Gardens, and Parks -- 15. The Picturesque Point of View: Fonthill Castle, Firehouses, and the Seventh Regiment Armory -- 16. "O Harp and Altar": The Brooklyn Bridge
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