‘A 10.5-pound megalith [Stern] finished just before his death that will serve as a fitting memorial. These encyclopedic books serve no dogma other than celebrating the glories of New York as a city, of urbanism as a civilizing value, and of architecture as a noble pursuit.’ – Paul Goldberger, The New York Times ‘The book on New York architecture’ – Curbed The culmination of Robert A.M. Stern’s monumental history of architecture in New York City and a comprehensive record of building over the last twenty-five years A landmark in architectural publishing, New York 2020 explores the planning and politics of building in New York City during the first decades of the 21st century. This encyclopedic book, as complex and vast as the city itself, references more than 3,000 projects constructed between the year 2000 and the present day. Across 1,500 pages, New York 2020 describes and illustrates the ‘supertalls’ now populating our skyline, lush riverfront parks born from derelict waterfront,