The San Remo Apartments
“A residential skyscraper in classical garb, the San Remo epitomizes Roth’s ability to combine the traditional with the modern, an urbane amalgam of luxury and convenience, decorum and drama.” —praise […]
Category Archives: Architecture
George Washington’s First Inauguration
“Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the […]
It’s About Time, Part II
“The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.” —William Blake (1757–1827, English poet) Walk About New York loves public clocks. This is […]
Centennial Celebration: Rebellious Spirits at the Washington Arch
“Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.” —John French Sloan (1871–1951, American Painter) And live they did! It was […]
“Psycho” on the Roof of The Met
“Revenge is sweet and not fattening.” —Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) Titled Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) this year’s site-specific art installation on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof […]
Union Square’s Independence Flagstaff
“How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of and which no other people on earth enjoy.” —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) This quote is chiseled at […]
The Fabulous Frick Collection
“The announcement yesterday that Mr. Frick’s almost unrivalled art treasures were to pass to the city came as a surprise to all save a few of his intimate friends.” —from […]
The Majestic Apartments
“If the new Majestic is in existence after 1981, it will be somewhat of an architectural curiosity.” — Irwin S. Chanin (1891–1988), developer of The Majestic, and his unrealized prediction […]
The First Presbyterian Church turns 300
“The interior of the edifice presents a novel and yet a very agreeable and impressive aspect. It is of the perpendicular Gothic Style, without columns to sustain the long extending […]
The Century Apartment Building
“A sophisticated essay in Art Deco design exhibiting a complex balance of horizontal and vertical elements.” — NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, its description of The Century during its 1985 landmark […]
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