Monday, October 28, 2024
6:30 – 8 pm EDT
Scheuer Auditorium

Early in the 20th century, some of New York’s wealthiest families moved north along Fifth Avenue, filling the blockfronts between 86th and 96th Streets. Among those who moved into this new center of prestigious houses were the Miller and Warburg families. Although their lifestyles were radically dissimilar, both commissioned grand houses from prestigious architects. The results could not be more different. This lecture by Andrew Dolkart, Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia University, will explore the architecture and social history of the Miller and Warburg houses, both of which now host museums, and place their designs within the context of New York’s early 20th-century development.

Co-presented with Neue Galerie New York as part of New York City's annual Archtober Festival. This event is made possible in part with the generous support of Selldorf Architects.

About the Speaker:
Andrew Dolkart is a Professor of Historic Preservation at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and is a co-founder. He is a preservationist and historian specializing in the architecture and development of New York City and is the author of several award winning books, including Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development, which received the Association of American Publishers’ award for best scholarly book in architecture and urban design; Biography of a Tenement House in New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street; The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929, which won the Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious Antoinette Forrester Downing Award in 2012; and the recently revised history of the Neue Galerie, 1048 Fifth Avenue: From Mansion to Museum.

Tickets: $15 General; $10 Seniors, Students, Jewish Museum and Neue Galerie members

Doors open at 6 pm; Includes Museum Admission