Architecture Walks
288 pages, 6 x 9
40 illustrations. 40 black and white halftones
Paperback
Release Date:25 Jan 2010
ISBN:9780813547343
Architecture Walks
The Best Outings Near New York City
By Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison
Rutgers University Press, Rivergate Books
Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expressions of the most modern design, authors Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison guide you on a tour of inspiring, informative, and aesthetically intriguing architectural treasures in and around the New York area.
Early colonial saltboxes, as-yet-unfinished contemporary structures on college campuses, nineteenth-century follies, Gilded Age palaces, lighthouses, windmills, romantic ruins-- the pages of this delightful book, filled with adventures, treat readers to sites within approximately two hours' driving time from New York City. With book in hand readers will marvel at college campuses, small villages, planned and utopian communities, National Historic Sites, castles and forts, churches and temples of architectural interest, and even a Buddhist monastery, all in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, the eastern edge of Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
By including descriptions of architectural styles, suggestions for special adventures, and lists of jaunts arranged by architect or designer, architectural style, and particular types of sites, Rosenfeld and Harrison help make day trips even more enjoyable. Whether explorers or armchair adventurers, readers of all ages will find something that captures their interest in the nearly one hundred sites and forty photos included in Architecture Walks.
Early colonial saltboxes, as-yet-unfinished contemporary structures on college campuses, nineteenth-century follies, Gilded Age palaces, lighthouses, windmills, romantic ruins-- the pages of this delightful book, filled with adventures, treat readers to sites within approximately two hours' driving time from New York City. With book in hand readers will marvel at college campuses, small villages, planned and utopian communities, National Historic Sites, castles and forts, churches and temples of architectural interest, and even a Buddhist monastery, all in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, the eastern edge of Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
By including descriptions of architectural styles, suggestions for special adventures, and lists of jaunts arranged by architect or designer, architectural style, and particular types of sites, Rosenfeld and Harrison help make day trips even more enjoyable. Whether explorers or armchair adventurers, readers of all ages will find something that captures their interest in the nearly one hundred sites and forty photos included in Architecture Walks.
In Architecture Walks we get an engaging confluence of architecture and history. You should buy Architecture Walks and stick it in the car, in case you ever find yourself with time on your hands—and have another copy in the house to plan a trip. It's a splendid addition to the New Jersey bookshelf and I can't wait to hit the road.
LUCY D. ROSENFELD is the author of more than twenty-five books on art, travel, and architecture, including The Architect's Garden: 45 Original Landscapes.MARINA HARRISON, an editor, has published eight books with Lucy D. Rosenfeld, among them History Walks in New Jersey and A Guide to Green New Jersey, featured in the New York Times (both Rutgers University Press). Lifelong friends, the authors continue to work together on a variety of projects.
Preface
CONNECTICUT
Iconic Modernism
The Glass House of Philip Johnson, New Canaan
Three Eighteenth-Century Architectural Treasures on the Connecticut Shore
Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob; Ogden House, Fairfield; and Judson House, Stratford
Two Architectural Eccentricities
Gillette Castle and Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam
A Bustling, Carefuly Preserved Colonial Village
Litchfield
A Modernist Church in the Shape of a Fish
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford
From McKim, Mead & White to Cesar Pelli
The Architects of Waterbury
A Walk Through the ``Jewel of Long Island Sound''
Southport
Tradition Meets the Contemporary
Yale University Architecture, New Haven
Exuberant Victoriana
The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Norwalk
Exceptional Stained Glass, Both Traditional and Modern
Bethel, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Stamford, and Waterbury
Historic Sites in a Coastal Community
Guilford
Contrasting Architectural Neighbors
Bridgeport
And Keep in Mind
Berlin Historic District
Two Forts Near New Haven
Hotchkiss Clocktower, Sharon
Milford's Wharf Lane Complex
NEW YORK STATE: LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
Sunnyside
One of America's Favorite Houses, Irvington
Frank Lloyd Wright's ``Usonia''
A Planned Community, Pleasantville
Buddhist Symbols and Influences in Rural Putnam County
Chuang Yen Monastery, Carmel
Boscobel
A Hudson River Estate in the Federal Style, Garrison
Manitoga/The Russell Wright Center
Unique Architecture by a Noted Twentieth-Century Designer of Decorative Arts, Garrison
Philipsburg Manor
Northern Plantation Style, Tarrytown
Lyndhurst
A Romantic Castle, Tarrytown
Kykuit
Palatial Glamour in a Classical Revival Estate, Pocantico Hills And Keep in Mind
The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow: A Very Early House of Worship, North Tarrytown
Union Church of Pocantico Hills: Where Chagall and Architecture Meet
Van Cortlandt Manor: An Example of a Dutch Patent House, Croton-On-Hudson
NEW YORK STATE: MID-HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
The Italianate Style of America's Renaissance Man
Samuel F. B. Morse's Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie
Spectacular Campus Additions Frank Gehry and Rafael Vinoly
A McKim, Mead & White Extravaganza in the Beaux Arts Style
The Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park
Alexander Jackson Davis and Andrew Jackson Downing Join Forces on a Hudson River Estate
Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson
Touring Architectural History on a Venerable Campus
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
The Artist's Imagination in a Dramatic Moorish Palace
Olana, Hudson
The ``Picturesque'' in Architecture and Landscape Design
Wilderstein, Rhinebeck
Richard Upjohn's Venture into Secular Italianate Architecture
Lindenwald, the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook
Mills Mansion
A McKim, Mead & White Estate, Staatsburg And Keep in Mind
Wing's Castle, Millbrook
Clermont, Germantown
NEW YORK STATE: WEST OF THE HUDSON
The Stone Houses of Huguenot Street
New Paltz
Romantic Castle Ruins on an Island
Bannerman's Castle, Pollepel Island
Environmental Art---Or Architecture
Opus 40, Woodstock
A Victorian Waterfront Village
Historic Rondout, Kingston
Exploring the Stockade District
Kingston
A Rustic Village of Early Dutch and Huguenot Design
Hurley
Gothic Splendor at the United States Military Academy
West Point And Keep in Mind
The ``Cottages'' of Elegant Onteora Park, Jewett
NEW YORK STATE: LONG ISLAND
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
Rural Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Long Island
Melding East and West
The Charles B. Wang Center at Suny-Stony Brook
The Gilded Life
Three Glamorous Estates of the Early Twentieth Century: Eagle's Nest (the Vanderbilt Museum), Centerport; Westbury House, Old Westburg; and Falaise, Sands Point
A Gothic Revival Landmark
The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City
Beachfront, Deco-Era Icon
Jones Beach, Wantagh
In Search of Historic Architecture
Stony Brook, Setauket, East Setauket, and Smithtown
Roslyn Preserves the Past
Visiting Cedarmere and Other Pleasures of the Nineteenth Century
Exploring the Long Island Lighthouse
Eaton's Neck Light, Huntington Harbor Light, Old Field Light, Stepping Stones Light, and Others
Looking at Windmills on the Eastern end of Long Island
Water Mill Museum, Beebe Windmill, Hook Windmill, and Pantigo Windmill And Keep in Mind
First Presbyterian Church, Glen Cove
Brooklyn Waterworks, Freeport
Rock Hall Museum, Lawrence
Saint George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead
NEW JERSEY
An Early Quaker Community with a Colonial and Federal Streetscape
Mount Holly
From Georgian Brick to Gothic Revival
The Historic River Town of New Castle, Delaware
Grey Towers
A French-Style Chateau in Rural Pennsylvaina, Milford
Pyramids, Gothic Arches, and Classical Temples
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Modernism Meets Symbolism
Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Henry Chapman Mercer Leaves his ``Arts and Crafts'' Mark on a Small Town
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A Walking Tour Through a Trasure Trove of Historic Houses
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A Nineteenth-Century Railroad Viaduct Balancing Progress and Natural Beauty
Starrucca Viaduct, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
And Keep in Mind
An Architectural Drive Through Northeastern Pennsylvania
From Milford to Cortez
A Historic Village and William Penn's Estate
Fallsington and Morrisville, Pennsylvania
An Early Roebling Suspension Bridge
Lackwaxen, Pennsylvania
Glossary of Architectural Styles in the Region
Choosing an Outing
CONNECTICUT
Iconic Modernism
The Glass House of Philip Johnson, New Canaan
Three Eighteenth-Century Architectural Treasures on the Connecticut Shore
Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob; Ogden House, Fairfield; and Judson House, Stratford
Two Architectural Eccentricities
Gillette Castle and Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam
A Bustling, Carefuly Preserved Colonial Village
Litchfield
A Modernist Church in the Shape of a Fish
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford
From McKim, Mead & White to Cesar Pelli
The Architects of Waterbury
A Walk Through the ``Jewel of Long Island Sound''
Southport
Tradition Meets the Contemporary
Yale University Architecture, New Haven
Exuberant Victoriana
The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Norwalk
Exceptional Stained Glass, Both Traditional and Modern
Bethel, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Stamford, and Waterbury
Historic Sites in a Coastal Community
Guilford
Contrasting Architectural Neighbors
Bridgeport
And Keep in Mind
Berlin Historic District
Two Forts Near New Haven
Hotchkiss Clocktower, Sharon
Milford's Wharf Lane Complex
NEW YORK STATE: LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
Sunnyside
One of America's Favorite Houses, Irvington
Frank Lloyd Wright's ``Usonia''
A Planned Community, Pleasantville
Buddhist Symbols and Influences in Rural Putnam County
Chuang Yen Monastery, Carmel
Boscobel
A Hudson River Estate in the Federal Style, Garrison
Manitoga/The Russell Wright Center
Unique Architecture by a Noted Twentieth-Century Designer of Decorative Arts, Garrison
Philipsburg Manor
Northern Plantation Style, Tarrytown
Lyndhurst
A Romantic Castle, Tarrytown
Kykuit
Palatial Glamour in a Classical Revival Estate, Pocantico Hills And Keep in Mind
The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow: A Very Early House of Worship, North Tarrytown
Union Church of Pocantico Hills: Where Chagall and Architecture Meet
Van Cortlandt Manor: An Example of a Dutch Patent House, Croton-On-Hudson
NEW YORK STATE: MID-HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
The Italianate Style of America's Renaissance Man
Samuel F. B. Morse's Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie
Spectacular Campus Additions Frank Gehry and Rafael Vinoly
A McKim, Mead & White Extravaganza in the Beaux Arts Style
The Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park
Alexander Jackson Davis and Andrew Jackson Downing Join Forces on a Hudson River Estate
Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson
Touring Architectural History on a Venerable Campus
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
The Artist's Imagination in a Dramatic Moorish Palace
Olana, Hudson
The ``Picturesque'' in Architecture and Landscape Design
Wilderstein, Rhinebeck
Richard Upjohn's Venture into Secular Italianate Architecture
Lindenwald, the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook
Mills Mansion
A McKim, Mead & White Estate, Staatsburg And Keep in Mind
Wing's Castle, Millbrook
Clermont, Germantown
NEW YORK STATE: WEST OF THE HUDSON
The Stone Houses of Huguenot Street
New Paltz
Romantic Castle Ruins on an Island
Bannerman's Castle, Pollepel Island
Environmental Art---Or Architecture
Opus 40, Woodstock
A Victorian Waterfront Village
Historic Rondout, Kingston
Exploring the Stockade District
Kingston
A Rustic Village of Early Dutch and Huguenot Design
Hurley
Gothic Splendor at the United States Military Academy
West Point And Keep in Mind
The ``Cottages'' of Elegant Onteora Park, Jewett
NEW YORK STATE: LONG ISLAND
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
Rural Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Long Island
Melding East and West
The Charles B. Wang Center at Suny-Stony Brook
The Gilded Life
Three Glamorous Estates of the Early Twentieth Century: Eagle's Nest (the Vanderbilt Museum), Centerport; Westbury House, Old Westburg; and Falaise, Sands Point
A Gothic Revival Landmark
The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City
Beachfront, Deco-Era Icon
Jones Beach, Wantagh
In Search of Historic Architecture
Stony Brook, Setauket, East Setauket, and Smithtown
Roslyn Preserves the Past
Visiting Cedarmere and Other Pleasures of the Nineteenth Century
Exploring the Long Island Lighthouse
Eaton's Neck Light, Huntington Harbor Light, Old Field Light, Stepping Stones Light, and Others
Looking at Windmills on the Eastern end of Long Island
Water Mill Museum, Beebe Windmill, Hook Windmill, and Pantigo Windmill And Keep in Mind
First Presbyterian Church, Glen Cove
Brooklyn Waterworks, Freeport
Rock Hall Museum, Lawrence
Saint George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead
NEW JERSEY
An Early Quaker Community with a Colonial and Federal Streetscape
Mount Holly
Where Thomas Edison Lived and Worked
Glenmont and the Edision National Historic Sites, West Orange
A Colonial Streetscape on the Delaware
The Well-Preserved Town of Burlington
Princetion Unversity's Startling Contemporary Additions to its Gothic Campus
Princeton
A Bauhaus-Inspired Utopian Village
Roosevelt
Guardians of the New Jersey Coastline
The Lighthouse as Architecture: Sandy Hook, Barnegat, Navesink, Cape May, Hereford Inlet, East Point, Finn's Point
Craftsman Farms
The Arts and Carfts Aesthetic, Morris Plains
A Victorian Village on the Shore
The Planned Community of Ocean Grove
Three Archtectural Wonders at Liberty State Park
Railroad Terminal, Environmental, Center, and Eillis Island
A Victorian Streetscape of Decorative Houses
Belvidere
Rural Villages of the Past
Walnfod, Allaire, Batsto, and Feltville
A Fanciful Victorian Seaside Resort
Cape May
An Eighteenth-Century Moravian Village Built of Stone
Hope
Architectural Pleasures in a Historic Town Setting
Perth Amboy
Architectural Pleasures in a Historic Town Setting
Perth Amboy
Skylands
A Deliberately ``Aged'' Mansion, Ringwood
John Russell Pope
And Keep in Mind
Dickinson House: A Patterned Brick House in Alloway Township
A Picturesque Railroad Station, Tenafly
Buccleigh: A Georgian Mansion, New Brunswick
The Ruins of Undercliff: ``Bloomer's Beach,'' Englewood
The Ruins of Long Pond, Hewitt
A Riverside Mill and Historic Village, Clinton
A Lois Kahn Icon: The ``Trenton'' Bathhouse, Ewing
DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIAGlenmont and the Edision National Historic Sites, West Orange
A Colonial Streetscape on the Delaware
The Well-Preserved Town of Burlington
Princetion Unversity's Startling Contemporary Additions to its Gothic Campus
Princeton
A Bauhaus-Inspired Utopian Village
Roosevelt
Guardians of the New Jersey Coastline
The Lighthouse as Architecture: Sandy Hook, Barnegat, Navesink, Cape May, Hereford Inlet, East Point, Finn's Point
Craftsman Farms
The Arts and Carfts Aesthetic, Morris Plains
A Victorian Village on the Shore
The Planned Community of Ocean Grove
Three Archtectural Wonders at Liberty State Park
Railroad Terminal, Environmental, Center, and Eillis Island
A Victorian Streetscape of Decorative Houses
Belvidere
Rural Villages of the Past
Walnfod, Allaire, Batsto, and Feltville
A Fanciful Victorian Seaside Resort
Cape May
An Eighteenth-Century Moravian Village Built of Stone
Hope
Architectural Pleasures in a Historic Town Setting
Perth Amboy
Architectural Pleasures in a Historic Town Setting
Perth Amboy
Skylands
A Deliberately ``Aged'' Mansion, Ringwood
John Russell Pope
And Keep in Mind
Dickinson House: A Patterned Brick House in Alloway Township
A Picturesque Railroad Station, Tenafly
Buccleigh: A Georgian Mansion, New Brunswick
The Ruins of Undercliff: ``Bloomer's Beach,'' Englewood
The Ruins of Long Pond, Hewitt
A Riverside Mill and Historic Village, Clinton
A Lois Kahn Icon: The ``Trenton'' Bathhouse, Ewing
From Georgian Brick to Gothic Revival
The Historic River Town of New Castle, Delaware
Grey Towers
A French-Style Chateau in Rural Pennsylvaina, Milford
Pyramids, Gothic Arches, and Classical Temples
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Modernism Meets Symbolism
Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Henry Chapman Mercer Leaves his ``Arts and Crafts'' Mark on a Small Town
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A Walking Tour Through a Trasure Trove of Historic Houses
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A Nineteenth-Century Railroad Viaduct Balancing Progress and Natural Beauty
Starrucca Viaduct, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
And Keep in Mind
An Architectural Drive Through Northeastern Pennsylvania
From Milford to Cortez
A Historic Village and William Penn's Estate
Fallsington and Morrisville, Pennsylvania
An Early Roebling Suspension Bridge
Lackwaxen, Pennsylvania
Glossary of Architectural Styles in the Region
Choosing an Outing
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