Jul 27, 2018 | architect, Building Database
Russell Boak (1896-1981) Hyman Paris (1890-1966) In 1927, architects Russell Boak and Hyman Paris left the firm of Emery Roth to start their own firm, Boak & Paris. Together, the duo designed multiple apartment houses on the West Side, East Side and in Greenwich...
Jul 3, 2018 | architect, Landmarks
Gaetan (Gaetano) Ajello – 1883-1983 Gaetan Ajello was considered a visionary architect within his lifetime. The Sicilian immigrant took the New York City architecture scene by storm, contributing hundreds of buildings to the city, and particularly to the west side....
May 25, 2018 | architect, Lamb and Rich
Hugh Lamb (1859-1903) Charles Alonzo Rich (1855-1943) Firm Address: 257 West 91st Street, 214 Hugh Lamb was born in Scotland in 1849. Very little is known about his childhood and early training, but he was established as an architect in New Jersey in 1872. By...
Jul 18, 2016 | Andrew S. Dolkart, architect, architectural, architecture, brownstone, Lamb and Rich, Neo Renaissance, New York, New York City, Tours and Events, West End Avenue
On Tuesday, July 12, about 45 friends joined LANDMARK WEST! for a tour of 351 West End Avenue, a beautifully-preserved Lamb and Rich row house dating to the early 1890’s. Andrew Dolkart, professor of historic preservation at Columbia University, led an...
Mar 17, 2016 | Advocacy Archives, architect, architecture, Building Database, Renaissance, Upper West Side
by: Elizabeth Canon In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we want to tell you about a fellow Irishman and builder in New York City, Edward Kilpatrick. Not only was Kilpatrick born in Ireland, but he was also a close personal friend of New York character, Horace Greeley, who...
