Everyone starts somewhere-even lauded Starchitects like the trio of McKim, Mead & White. Individually, they were rather undistinguished as young men. How did they ever become the gold standard of American architecture? Architectural historian Prof. Mosette Broderick takes us behind the drafting table for this onetime, special program on the early years of the individuals who became […]
Temples of Power, Temples of Pleasure: Stanford White’s Manhattan Wednesday, September 12th 6:30pm-7:30pm National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South He was the first modern “starchitect” – a man of extraordinary appetites and talent. Part classicist, part visionary (and a distinguished member of the National Arts Club). Stanford White was the dynamic force behind many […]
An aspiring young model arrives in NYC and meets a wealthy, influential man three times her age. He initially plays the role of benefactor, then lures her to his apartment, drugs her, and all goes dark... She goes on to marry an (unstable) millionaire playboy, who, when she confides in him about the assault, shoots […]
