Learn how to unearth detailed information about New York City buildings in this MAS seminar now in its 28th year. Four evening sessions plus a morning field-trip.

On February 1, 2013, the beautifully restored Grand Central Terminal celebrated its centennial, accompanied by exhibitions, events and the new book, Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark. The terminal’s creation combined engineering bravado, technological wizardry and real estate savvy with innovative planning and Paris-inspired Beaux-Arts design. This illustrated lecture brings the terminal to life – its remarkable history, stunning architecture and central role in creating Midtown Manhattan. The lecture is sponsored by the New York State Museum and the New York State Archives, and funded by the New York Council for the Humanities.

Learn how to unearth detailed information about New York City buildings in this MAS seminar now in its 28th year. Four evening sessions plus a morning field-trip.

Reservations required. Tour of the Woolworth Building lobby, closed to the public for more than a decade and now open again. The tour includes a detailed look at the building’s unmatched polychromatic terra-cotta exterior, and an in-depth exploration of the lobby and its wealth of ornament, including hidden corners and staircases — plus a special visit to the mezzanine level for an up-close view of its extraordinary mosaic ceiling.

Learn how to unearth detailed information about New York City buildings in this MAS seminar now in its 28th year. Four evening sessions plus a morning field-trip.

An illustrated lecture about the legendary hotel – fully equal to the Chelsea or the Algonquin – whose residents have ranged from Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Wolfe, and Hart Crane to the Mamas and the Papas and the Mothers of Invention.

Learn how to unearth detailed information about New York City buildings in this MAS seminar now in its 28th year. Four evening sessions plus a morning field-trip.

With three-quarters of a century of history behind them, the 40 surviving Broadway theaters – many built as lavish headquarters for Broadway’s great impresarios, who spared no expense in their decor -.stand as stunning works of art in themselves, as well as monuments to the lively history of American theater.