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Art Deco in the Fabulous Fifties Tour

Starting on the far east side of Midtown at posh Beekman Place, we visit a handful of modernistic residences ranging from the former Panhellenic Tower, a redoubt for young professional women taking on the big city in the 1920s, to the fabulously wealthy River House to the more modestly middle-class Southgate apartments. Pushing westward into the commercial heart of Midtown we visit the spectacular but lesser-known General Electric Building (originally built for RCA) and continue with the Waldorf-Astoria, New York’s preeminent skyscraper hotel. We close with a brief look at Rockefeller Center, midtown Manhattan’s urbane urban wonderland. Anthony W. Robins is the author of the award-winning New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham’s Jazz Age Architecture.











When: Sun., Apr. 27, 2025 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: The Municipal Art Society of New York
Tour locations vary
212-935-3960
Price: $25
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Starting on the far east side of Midtown at posh Beekman Place, we visit a handful of modernistic residences ranging from the former Panhellenic Tower, a redoubt for young professional women taking on the big city in the 1920s, to the fabulously wealthy River House to the more modestly middle-class Southgate apartments. Pushing westward into the commercial heart of Midtown we visit the spectacular but lesser-known General Electric Building (originally built for RCA) and continue with the Waldorf-Astoria, New York’s preeminent skyscraper hotel. We close with a brief look at Rockefeller Center, midtown Manhattan’s urbane urban wonderland. Anthony W. Robins is the author of the award-winning New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham’s Jazz Age Architecture.

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