Justin Davidson in conversation with Amale Andraos and Fred Bernstein
For nearly a decade, Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Justin Davidson has explained the ever-changing city of New York to his readers at New York magazine, introducing new buildings, interviewing architects, tracking the way the transforming urban landscape shapes who New Yorkers are. Now, his extensive, inspiring knowledge will be available to a wide audience. An insider’s guide to the architecture and planning of New York that includes maps, photographs, and original insights from the men and women who built the city and lived in it—its designers, visionaries, artists, writers—Magnetic City offers first-time visitors and lifelong residents a new way to see New York.
Read, watch and listen to an excerpt from the book with this interactive guide to 42nd street, on New York Magazine.
Justin Davidson is the architecture and classical music critic at New York magazine, where he writes about a broad range of urban, civic, and design issues.
Fred Bernstein studied law at NYU and architecture at Princeton University, and writes widely on both subjects.
Amale Andraos is the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and co-founder of architectural firm WORKac.
