10 Years After Katrina, Book Talk by Roberta Brandes Gratz

Authors, Columbus Avenue, Tours and Events, urban planning

 Above: Photo of Uptown New Orleans by Eric Bouler  Please join LANDMARK WEST! as we remember Hurricane Katrina (2005) and celebrate 10 years of steady urban regeneration in the historic city of New Orleans.Wednesday, September 9, 6:30PMA Book Talk...

How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s Toolkit – An Illustrated Talk and Book Signing with Witold Rybczynski

architecture, Authors, Tours and Events

 How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s ToolkitAn Illustrated Talk and Book Signing with Witold RybczynskiWith an introduction by Jacob Weisberg* welcoming remarks by Kate Wood  Tuesday, October 28, 2014 6:30 PM  Macaulay Honors College,...

It’s a Twofer! World Trade Center and Grand Central Lecture and Book Signing

Anthony Robins, Authors, Grand Central, New York City, Tours and Events

1978 image of the World Trade Center by Balthazar Korab. Korab was one of the leading architectural photographers in the period after World War II. He died at the age of 86 and his life was remembered in the New York Times obituaries on January 27th, 2013. The...

Tonight, Experience the Architecture of Cuba

architecture, Authors

“Say the word Cuba and most people think dictators, the prison at Guantánamo Bay, and Communism with palm trees. Architect Hermes Mallea believes there is so much more to the country and has the pictures to prove it.” — Architectural...

A View from the Top: New book “Windows on Central Park”

Authors

A quick post to share some Friday inspiration, from yesterday’s “A View of Central Park, or 100 of Them”, by James Barron.   Photo from Betsy Pinover Schiff’s new book, “Windows on Central Park” (via NY Times). Taken from...