Illustrated Lecture on Vernacular Architecture in Fabulous Surroundings
Please join LANDMARK WEST! and friends for
AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE BY Andrew Dolkart
“New York: Vernacular City”
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
6:00 pm
The lecture and after-party with wine and light food will take place in a dramatic, circa-1904 apartment in the West 67th Street Artists’ Colony Historic District(between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue)
Tickets are $50 and must be purchased in advance. ($25 of your donation will be tax deductible.) Space is limited.
Contact LW! at [email protected] or (212) 496-1714 to reserve your seats and get details.
While New York is famed for its buildings designed by prestigious architects, it was their less well-known colleagues, working primarily for speculative builders, who created the residential and commercial streetscapes of the city. Andrew Dolkart, James Marston Fitch Associate Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia University, will analyze the ways in which speculative developers and their architects and builders adapted popular architectural forms to the demands of a dense city where real estate speculation has been a paramount influence since the first Europeans settled here in the 17th century.
Designed as a haven for working artists, West 67th Street off Central Park West is characterized by high-rise studio buildings featuring Gothic, Northern Renaissance and Tudor details that were constructed between 1900 and World War I. The West 67th Street Artists’ Colony Historic District was recognized for its architectural excellence in 1985 when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also part of the Upper West Side-Central Park West Historic District, designated by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1990.