beaux arts
How One Man Changed the Way New York City’s Schools Look Forever
In the face of a crisis, one architect built a generation of amazing school buildings, changing the lives of thousands
The Art Guide to LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport in Queens, named after New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, is one of the busiest in the
Protesters Picketed the Demolition of Old Penn Station 60 Years Ago
Some may wonder what Hamilton Grange, Washington Square Park, and the Eldrige Street Synagogue have in common. While one is
Inside Alder Manor, a Tycoon’s Mansion in Yonkers
From a floating subway car to a repurposed abandoned power plant, Yonkers boasts leading architectural feats in New York. One
Peek Inside NYC’s Surrogate’s Courthouse, A Beaux-Arts Masterpiece
The Surrogate’s Courthouse is a seven-story Beaux-Arts building located at 31 Chambers Street in the Civic Center district of
How One Man Changed the Way New York City’s Schools Look Forever
In the face of a crisis, one architect built a generation of amazing school buildings, changing the lives of thousands
10 Beaux-Arts Mansions in NYC that You Can Still Admire Today
New York’s most famous Beaux-Arts buildings may be grand civic spaces like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand Central
5 Surviving Structures by Richard Morris Hunt in New York and Newport, Rhode Island
During the Gilded Age, there were just a handful of architects who wealthy families like the Vanderbilts and tycoons like
Peek Inside the Gilded Age Mansion at 1014 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
As fans of Julian Fellowes’ new HBO series The Gilded Age know, the end of the 1800s and beginning of
10 Gorgeous Beaux-Arts Buildings in NYC
New York City may be famous for its skyscrapers, but it’s the Beaux-Arts buildings erected during the Gilded Age
Photos: The Stunningly Restored Surrogate’s Courthouse Skylight
Above the grandiose marble atrium of the Surrogate’s Courthouse in Lower Manhattan there hangs a 40-foot by 60-foot skylight.
10 of Downtown Los Angeles’s Most Important Architectural Sites
Los Angeles is a vast, sprawling city, and neighborhoods on the coast, like Santa Monica, Venice Beach and Malibu, have