An Evening with Barry Lewis: Paris
Where: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400 Price: $44
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The French were pioneers of iron and glass construction in the 19th century. By first building shopping gallerias in the early 19th century, then Henri Labrouste’s magnificent iron-framed Saint Genevieve and National Libraries in the midcentury, followed by the celebrated Eiffel Tower and the Grand Palais at the century’s end, the French showed us how to “love” metallic construction and embrace its new aesthetic.
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