Bricks and Brownstone - The New York Row House 1783 - 1929 is a must read for any town house junky. It is a fascinating walk through each architectural period as written by Charlie Lockwood. As per The New Yorker, Charlie is considered the "consummate authority" on all things brownstone and town house.
A few of my favorite quotes relevant to Carnegie Hill:
"On that portion of the (Fifth) avenue which is on Central Park, fabulous prices have been obtained for building lots, the position being beyond all question the finest in the City..." -Redfield Traveler's Guide, 1871
"Never was a grander field open to artistic developments than is now presented to our
architects in Domestic Architecture" -Real Estate and Builders' Guide, 1868
"In New York, the "avenues are springing up, lined, not with houses but with palaces," declared one English magazine in 1859. "Neither London nor Paris, with all the accumulations of a thousand years, can show such a street as the Fifth Avenue."
"Never was a grander field open to artistic developments than is now presented to our
architects in Domestic Architecture" -Real Estate and Builders' Guide, 1868
"In New York, the "avenues are springing up, lined, not with houses but with palaces," declared one English magazine in 1859. "Neither London nor Paris, with all the accumulations of a thousand years, can show such a street as the Fifth Avenue."
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