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The Midtown Architectural Walking Tour Consulation or Slideshow
Architecture - History - Interesting Pictures & Stories
Midtown Manhattan part 1 Presentation   view slide show part 1 (a minute to load)
Midtown Manhattan part 2 Presentation   view slide show part 2 (a minute to load)

The slide show covers a section of Midtown Manhattan that contains a number of landmark buildings with a selection
of historic & anti historic architectural styles more diverse than any other part of Manhattan. Also, some of the area's
history, along with interesting pictures & stories will help us understand the area's past.

This Slideshow of the Past and Present Features:

A journey through Midtown with landmark examples of Art Deco, Modern & Post Modern architecture.
Also an example of Brutalism in a New York skyscraper.
All of the above are integrated with landmark examples of: neo-Georgian,
neo-Tudor, Romanesque Revival, neo-Moorish / Islamic Revival & neo-Federal styles of architecture
along with a landmark example the 16th Century Italian Renaissance Palace style of architecture.
We will see buildings by such well known modern architects: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius,
Gordon Bunshaft. along with a Modern Rockefeller Guest House by Philip Johnson
An interesting collection of architectural styles in a relatively small geographic area.

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High lights Midtown's Past & Present Slideshow Presentation:

  • Landmark examples of New York's best modern skyscrapers (The international style)
  • The Waldorf= Astoria & the original Waldorf=Astoria, what it looked like & the family feud that precipitated it
  • "The Spirit of Achievement" by: Nina Saemundsson - "Abundance" by: Charles Keck
  • St. Bartholomew Church & a remnant from the past
    along with "The Story of Creation" by Hildreth Miere
  • A landmark neo Georgian mansion styled after Virginia Manor on the James River
  • A landmark neo Tudor townhouse from 1910
  • The Brook Clubhouse 1925, a private Federal style clubhouse
  • An Italian Renaissance inspired mansion from 1906
  • The Lipstick Building
  • A French 2nd Empire styled wood frame home from 1866
  • Citigroup Center & St. Peter’s Church - optional: The Chapel of the Good Shepard by Louise Nevelson
  • A Beaux Arts styled hospital from 1902
  • The landmark Ritz Tower from 1927
  • The Rockefeller Guest House designed by Philip Johnson
  • A landmark hotel that looks like it escaped from Florida
  • Brick Sculpture by Aleksandra Kasuba
  • The original G.E. Building - a beautiful landmark Art Deco skyscraper, given away as a gift
  • Lever House & the Seagram Building both modern (International Style II) style, landmark skyscrapers & both are
    considered precursors to the Minimalist movement & both rotate their art collections for the benefit of the public.
  • The Mutual of America Bldg. & Banco Santander Bldg. 2 Post Modern skyscrapers,
                                    with references to architectural styles of the past
  • Walter Gropius' only building in New York
  • The Tennis and Racquet Club (scaled to the avenue)
  • The Oldest Synagogue Building in New York, still in continuous use as a synagogue by the original congregation
  • Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish are interred in a columbarium in the church's undercroft
  • You will also find out about: the destruction of a showroom designed by Frank Lloyd Wright,
  • A Post Modern Tower with an interesting optical illusion
  • A landmark English Renaissance styled former mansion
  • The Chipendale Skyscraper & the enviromental sculpture: "Levitated Mass"
  • A Post Modern reference to Deconstructivism
  • A landmark moderate Art Deco skyscraper with a Modernist Entrance by Eli Nadleman & a landmark lobby
  • A small landmark Art Deco Tower from 1930
  • Art Deco meets neo-Gothic in a Hi Rise form 1926
  • Art Deco encounters the style of a French Renaissance Chataeu

Private slideshow presentations are hosted by Alfred Pommer a college graduate, an author,
an informative native New Yorker & a licensed New York City guide, who has spent over 30 years
researching, creating & leading tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.

These are links to Alfred Pommer's author page at: amazon.com & at: goodreads for information
about 4 Manhattan neighborhood walking tour guide books authored by Alfred Pommer
& published by The History Press (Arcadia Publishing)

Publisher needed for new nonfiction neighborhood walking tour guide books.

Interested in a Private Walking Tour Consultation or Slide Show? — Call: (212) 979-2388 for details
www.nycslideshow.com - www.nycwalk.com   -     e mail

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You can choose a slideshow that focuses exclusively on Rockefeller Center's Public Art " Rockefeller Center's Public Art Slideshows"

All photographs on this web site are by Alfred Pommer
& all content on this web site, such as graphics, logos, button icons and images
is the property of Alfred Pommer and protected by United States and international copyright laws.
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