Sponsored by New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Education. Thursday afternoons, September 29 and October 6, 13, 20 and 27. For information and registration, click here.
A new course, sequel to last year’s course, “The Art Deco Metropolis,” tracing the brash new style of Art Deco that transformed New York into a modern metropolis. In this course we follow the style’s impact on five Manhattan neighborhoods, mixing commercial with residential buildings. Two walks cover south midtown: Murray Hill and Gramercy Park on the east and the Garment DIstrict on the west. A third looks at the upper edge of Midtown, from Bloomingdales on the east to 20th Century Fox on the west. A fourth follows the transformation of residential architecture on the Upper West Side along Broadway and Riverside Drive, and the fifth explores Washington Heights. Anthony W. Robins is the author of the forthcoming “New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham’s Jazz-Age Architecture” (SUNY Press).