Architecture

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Architecture Links

• The Skyscraper Museum Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings. Exhibits and information on the architecture, materials, and physics of highrise construction.
  
• Architecture Exhibitions in the New York City Metropolitan Area A listing of museum, gallery and other exhibits on architecture and architectural topics.
  
• Gottscho-Schleisner Collection Library of Congress searchable collection of c.29,000 photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner 1935-1955 of buildings, interiors, and gardens of renowned architects and interior designers includes many in Greater NY.
  
• Paul Halsall/Fordham University/Medieval New York Guide Documenting the histories of the European, Byzantine, and Islamic Middle Ages in the streets and buildings of NYC. Essays and photos.
  
• Cityrhythm New York City Photo gallery covering Manhattan from Ellis Island to the Upper East Side, and from Brooklyn Heights to the top of the Empire State Building.
  
• Historic House Trust of New York City Preserves and promotes 19 historic house museums located in the city.
  
• New York Landmarks Conservancy An organization which helps owners of older buildings by providing grants, low-interest loans, hands-on consulting services, workshops and publications.
  
• Monster Walk Photographs and descriptions of the gargoyles that decorate the buildings of Wall Street, Gramercy Park, Madison, the Brooklyn Museum, and the West Side.
  
• FHNY: Firehouse New York Advertisement for this book by Brian McCaffrey, which is a pictorial history of the firehouse architecture in New York City, by Woodlawn Publishing.
  
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine The official site provides a history and virtual tour of this massive Gothic Revival church begun in 1892 and still unfinished. Ralph Adams Cram was the chief architect.