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Guastavino at the Museum of the City of New York: Museum Visit
Palaces for the People: Guastavino and the Art of Structural Tile is a major exhibition exploring the innovations the Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company (1889-1962) brought to the science and art
Columbia University Yorkville Studio II Community Presentation
FRIENDS has been working for the last four years to document the cultural resources of Yorkville.
Art Deco on the Upper East Side: A Walking Tour
The Upper East Side maintains an aura of conservative respectability, and perhaps as a result never attracted as much Art Deco flash as other areas in New York City.
Join FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts for our 31st Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony!
Join FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts for our 31st Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony!
FDR Four Freedoms Park: A Walking Tour
Designed by renowned architect Louis I. Kahn shortly before his death in 1974, this four-acre park at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island finally opened to the public in October
Murals of New York City: A Book Talk
Murals of New York City is the first book to curate over 30 of the most influential and impressive murals found within all five boroughs. From the Victorian sensibilities of
Call for Entries – 2014 Annual Awards
This spring, FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts will celebrate outstanding achievement in preservation, architecture, and advocacy on the Upper East Side during our Annual Meeting and Awards
Fifth Avenue vs. Central Park West: A Lecture with Barry Lewis
While the storied thoroughfares of Central Park West and Fifth Avenue both flank Central Park, their history and character are worlds apart.
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