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Upper East Side Building History Detectives
Get ready to be a skyline sleuth! Have you ever wanted to learn more about a building in your neighborhood? When it was built, which architect designed it, and who
The Brownstone Bible is Back!
Preservationist and co-author Patrick Ciccone joined FRIENDS virtually on September 24th to discuss the process and development of the newest edition of Bricks and Brownstone.
Decorated Tenement: An Illustrated History
Architectural historian Zachary Violette joined FRIENDS virtually in July 2020 to discuss his book, The Decorated Tenement: How Immigrant Builders And Architects Transformed The Slum In The Gilded Age.
The Fight to Save First Avenue Estate: Looking Back
FRIENDS recently capped its weeklong series exploring the cultural and historical context of Yorkville’s City and Suburban First Avenue Estate and the decades-long battle to preserve it, which relied upon
Historic Yorkville Family Tour
Children of all ages explored historic Yorkville on this virtual family tour led by FRIENDS' Director of Education in June 2020.
Reimagined Row Houses
Andrew Dolkart discussed the history of early 20th century row house modernization, written about in The Row House Reborn, for FRIENDS in May 2020.
A Perilous Path to Protection: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of a Landmark
April 2020 marks the 55th anniversary of the New York City Landmarks Law, and this year, our neighborhood has something extra special to celebrate as we honor this milestone year.
Annual Awards 2020: Honoring New York City Council
In this second of our series to celebrate FRIENDS 2020 Annual Awards recipients we highlight our 2020 Expression of Thanks Awardee New York City Council for adopting Resolution No. 916,
Lucie Levine:
Yorkville: Housing Laboratory
Jacquie Ottman:
Ottman & Company Book Talk
Sara Cedar Miller:
Book Talk: Before Central Park
Lucie Levine:
200 Years of Parks: Celebrating Frederick Law Olmsted
Bob Shaw and Lauri Pitkus:
Behind the Scenes: The Gilded Age
Lucie Levine:
Horsing Around the Upper East Side
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro:
Book Talk: Names of New York
Betsy Bober Polivy:
The Art of Walking Manhattan Sideways
Andrew Dolkart, Shelley Hayreh, Richard Roth Jr., and Emery Roth II:
Celebrating 150 Years of Emery Roth, Architect of Our City
Professor Penny Sparke:
A City In Good Taste: Elsie de Wolfe’s New York
Lucie Levine:
Back to School
Lucie Levine:
Putting People in the Buildings: Yorkville
Daniel Garodnick:
Saving Stuyvesant Town
Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin:
Can You Imagine: A Look at Never-Built projects on the Upper East Side
Paulina Bren:
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
Betsy Bober Polivy:
Walking Manhattan Sideways
38th Annual Meeting & Awards
Lucie Levine:
Ada Louise Huxtable's New York
Tricia Foley:
The Lost Voice of Mary L Booth
Andrew Alpern and Simon Fieldhouse:
Door to Door: A Virtual Look at New York’s Posh Portals
Matt Postal:
From Park Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue: A Presidential View of the Upper East Side
Gary Lawrence:
New Year, Old World: Gilded Grandeur on the Upper East Side
Roberta Brandes Gratz and Anthony C. Wood:
It’s a Helluva Town: Joan K. Davidson, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, and the Fight for a Better New York
Dan Allen:
Historic Building Materials
Lucie Levine:
Upper East Side Hotels
Susan De Vries:
Building History Detectives
Susan Tunick:
Terra Cotta: Don't Take it for Granite!
Leigh Hallingby:
A Feminist Walk Through Harlem
Patrick Ciccone:
Bricks and Brownstone
Meredith Bergmann:
Monumental Women
Zachary Violette:
The Decorated Tenement
First Avenue Estate:
The Architectural, Social, and Cultural Context
First Avenue Estate:
The Legal Context and Significance
First Avenue Estate:
The Community Advocacy
First Avenue Estate:
Looking Forward
Family Walking Tour:
Historic Yorkville
Andrew Dolkart:
The Rowhouse Reborn
George Janes in:
How Do Supertowers Get So Tall?
A Perilous Path to Protection:
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of a Landmark
The Upper East Side:
A Framework for the Future of Five Neighborhoods
Shaped by Immigrants:
A History of Yorkville