A Video Tour of New York City's Classical Architecture
By ICAA
November 19, 2017
The ICAA is pleased to introduce the Classical City Guide, a new series of videos showcasing architecture in cities and regions across the United States and around the world. Join ICAA Instructor and Architectural Historian Francis Morrone for the first film, exploring classical buildings and sites across the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
This video was made possible thanks to The Kathryn M. and Ronald J. Herman, Jr. Charitable Foundation.
Featured destinations include a sampling of world-renowned architectural treasures, as well as lesser known classical sites in New York:
Grand Central TerminalReed & Stern and Warren & Wetmore, 1903-13
The Glory of Commerce sculpture at Grand Central TerminalJules-Félix Coutan, 1914
The New York Public LibraryCarrère and Hastings, 1911
Bryant ParkRenovations by Lusby Simpson, 1934
The Frick CollectionCarrère and Hastings, 1914
The Frick Collection – Garden CourtJohn Russell Pope, 1935
The Frick Collection – Reception HallJohn Barrington Bayley, 1977
The Frick Collection – 70th Street GardenRussell Page, 1977
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Southern Wing McKim, Mead & White, begun 1904 Greek and Roman Galleries renovated by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates, 2007
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Classical Galleries, American WingThomas Gordon Smith with Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLP, 2007
The ApthorpClinton and Russell, 1908
St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia UniversityHowells & Stokes, 1907
Carhart MansionHorace Trumbauer, 1913Zivkovic Connolly Architects with John Simpson Architects, 2005
Federal Hall National MemorialTown & Davis with John Frazee and Samuel Thomson, 1834-42
American Surety Building, 100 Broadway Bruce Price, 1894-96
37 Charlton Street 1829
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York James Brown Lord, 1900
The Church of St. Francis Xavier Patrick C. Keely, 1882
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch John Hemenway Duncan, 1892
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch Bronze Sculpture Frederick MacMonnies, 1894-1901
Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park McKim, Mead & White, 1888-94
Brooklyn Trust Company Building York & Sawyer, 1915
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Brooklyn Slee & Bryson, 1938
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