The Glittering Art Deco Metropolis
X03.9184
/ $200
FALL 2009
Continuing Education:
Arts Programs
Five walks in Manhattan take us to New York's major monuments of art deco architecture, buildings that transformed the city into the world's modern metropolis. Downtown, we examine the work of Ralph Walker, "the architect of the century" and designer of the Gothic-modern fantasy of No. 1 Wall Street. Two walks cover East and West 42nd Street including the miraculously urban wonderland of Rockefeller Center and the Garment District, which illustrates the work of Ely Jacques Kahn. We finish with Central Park West, the great twin-towered apartment buildings, and other Jazz Age fantasies of high living overlooking the park.
Non-evaluative course; grades not issued.
Related Subject Areas: Architecture Appreciation, Art History
Course Materials
Section 1
Sunday 2:00pm-4:30pm
October 18 - November 15
Sunday 2:00pm-4:30pm
November 15
5 Sessions
Instructor:
Anthony Robins
Location: Woolworth Building, 15 Barclay
