EVENT: An Upper West Side Walking Tour with Andrew Scott Dolkart, Wednesday, September 13, 2006
From the Dakota Apartments to the Dakota Stable
An Upper West Side Walking Tour with Andrew Scott Dolkart
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
$20 per person in advance, $25 on the day of the tour
**Meet at 6 p.m. on the southeast corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West (near the entrance to Central Park)
Landmark West!* invites you to join us for a walking tour with architectural historian and author Andrew Scott Dolkart. Our first stop is the Dakota Apartments, an individual landmark designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh (also architect of the Plaza Hotel) and built from 1880-84. Prompted by the construction of the Columbus Avenue elevated train with a stop at 72nd Street, developer and Singer Sewing Machine magnate Edward S. Clark laid plans for the Dakota when most of the Upper West Side was still farmland. We will explore the rowhouse mid-blocks between Central Park West and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, including rows developed by Clark, designed by Hardenbergh and developed at the same time as the Dakota. These blocks boast many eclectic architectural styles that epitomize the rich beauty and variety of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District (designated in 1990). Our tour will end in the vicinity of the former Dakota Stable (now the Pyramid Garage) on Amsterdam Avenue at 77th Street. Together with the former New York Cab Company Stable (now the Berkley Garage) two blocks south at 75th Street, the Dakota Stable is one of New York’s last surviving commercial stable buildings, where middle-class West Siders kept their horses much like people keep automobiles in public garages today. “Stable row” has been on LW’s landmark designation wish list since 1986.
Space is limited. Advanced registration is required.
Call Landmark West! at 212-496-8110 or email [email protected] to reserve your place today!
***Please note that Anthony Robins Art Deco walking tour on August 22 is completely full. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accept unregistered participants on the day of the tour. But please let us know ASAP if you’d like to join us for Andrew Dolkart’s tour on September 13!**