About the Program:
When architecture and design enthusiasts think of Brooklyn they generally think of brownstones and primarily of 19th-century buildings. Join the Art Deco Society of New York for this virtual visit to Brooklyn that delightfully illustrates how the interwar years saw considerable Art Deco development throughout the borough––old brownstone neighborhoods not excepted!
In this engaging web-based tour, celebrated architectural historian Francis Morrone will show us how neighborhoods we have not yet explored in our online programs––such as Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and downtown Brooklyn––boast some of the city's finest Art Deco buildings, as well as numerous examples of a more vernacular Art Deco.
Throughout this online tour we will visit many buildings, with a special focus on:
- Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker's spectacularly over-the-top New York Telephone Company Building in downtown Brooklyn
- Helmle, Corbett & Harrison's stunning National Title Guaranty Building, which boasts a jaw-dropping, unique Art Deco "pierced limestone screen" designed by noted sculptor Rene Chambellan
- The monolithic Central Library of the Brooklyn Public Library, at Grand Army Plaza
and much more!
As we enjoy this in-depth online tour we will also consider other interwar architecture in these neighborhoods, and the social and economic forces in play during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Even though this event is online, it will include a live PowerPoint—with wonderful images that you will be able to see directly on your computer screen, tablet, or mobile device—as well as a Q&A session with participants.
Can't join us at the time of the live event? No problem! Those who register will receive a recording of the entire program a few days after the live presentation. When you sign up for the program you have the opportunity to watch, or rewatch, the recording at a time more convenient for your schedule.
About the Guide:
Francis Morrone is an architectural historian and a writer, and the author of thirteen books, including "Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes" (W.W. Norton, 2013) and, with Henry Hope Reed, "The New York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building" (W.W. Norton, 2011), as well as of architectural guidebooks to Philadelphia and to Brooklyn. He is the author of the forthcoming 6th edition of "Blue Guide New York." In addition, Morrone is the recipient of the Landmarks Lion Award of the Historic Districts Council, the Arthur Ross Award of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, and of NYU's Excellence in Teaching Award, and Travel and Leisure Magazine named him one of the thirteen best tour guides in the world. His specialties are 19th-century architecture, public sculpture, and Edith Wharton, and, for the last few years, alternative modernisms of the 20th century.
Registration:
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