The Skyscraper as Public Space: Art Deco, Ralph Walker, and New York City

The Skyscraper as Public Space: Art Deco, Ralph Walker, and New York City

Photo Credits: Kathryn Holliday and HLW International LLP.

About the Program

What was the role of public space in New York's Art Deco skyscrapers? This talk in the beautifully restored Walker landmark of One Wall Street, will look at lobbies and arcades designed by Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker as examples of hybrid civic and private spaces. From the iconic Red Room at One Wall Street to the arcade of the Barclay Vesey Telephone Building and the lobbies of AT&T Long Lines and the Western Union Telegraph Company, these skyscrapers engaged and extended the urban landscape in a dynamic interplay of interior and urban design. Following the talk and Q&A we will visit the Red Room to see the stunning restored space by legendary artist Hildreth Meière.

This event is limited to ADSNY members only.

About the Speaker:
Kathryn E. Holliday, the Randall Biallas Professor of Historic Preservation and American Architectural History at the University of Illinois, is an architectural historian, author, and educator who focuses on the built environment in American cities. Holliday is the author of Ralph Walker: Architect of the Century and is currently working on another book that will present a critical history of the architecture of the Bell Telephone monopoly from the 1880s until its forced breakup in 1984.

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