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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 979.772 EAN: 9781571452443 ISBN: 1571452443 Label: Thunder Bay Press Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: May 07, 2002 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Studio: Thunder Bay Press Editorial Review: Product Description: Celebrating America's favorite cityscapes, this series combines historic interest and contemporary beauty. Then And Now features fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. A visual lesson in the historic changes of our greatest urban landscapes. Average Rating:
 Rating: - OK book, but don't pay full priceLike many of the other reviewers, I found it frustrating that the descriptions lacked depth and that the "now" photos were taken from different angles entirely. Interesting coffee table book to flip through casually. Rating:  - Nice idea, poor executionThis book is a nice idea, but does a pretty bad job of execution. I don't know if it's just this one in the series or the whole of them, but I wouldn't buy them. In fact I'm glad I picked it up from the library to see if it was worth getting. There problems range from outright errors, a picture of 1st avenue labeled as 3rd which is almost exactly the same as one used of first avenue. Did the book even have an editor? Other issues are less erroneous, but overall more objectionable, including 90% of ... Read More Rating:  - A book about a town that literally recreated itself This is a really interesting coffee table book with great historical photographs. This book illustrates how ambitious the city & urban planners were remaking the difficult hilly terrain often interrupted with water into what is today the Seattle & the "Eastside." I disagree with the other negative reviews of this book who claim to speak from a native Seattle-ite point of view. Lets face it, the only native Seattle-ites are Norwegians & native americans. The dark nostalgic genre of illustration aptly ... Read More Rating:  - Interesting, But . . .Casually thumbing through this book at a book store one glaring error exploded off page 87. Although it is captioned as being a photo of Third Avenue, it is obviously a photo of First Avenue (note the Alexis Hotel). Look through this book while in your dentist's waiting room, but don't use it as a resource for your junior high school history project. Instead, you should use "Seattle Now and Then" by Paul Dorpat, which is a compilation of articles written and published over many years by the ... Read More Rating: - The author did not do his homeworkThis book could not have been written by a Seattle native - it simply contains too many errors and ommissions. Several items are mislabeled and the dialog for each picture is vapid. Additionally, it would not have been that difficult to match the "now" to the "then" photos. Many of the "now" pictures were taken at different angles and with the wrong lens. A good concept but poorly executed. |
