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The Birth of the Modern Movement: New York’s Mid-Century Skyline in the Making

The post-World War I generation wanted a new international language of architecture based on science and technology, not the inherent “nationalisms” of the entrenched historic revivalisms — “nationalisms” that had led to a devastating war. In the 1910s, ’20s & ’30s, this generation forged a new architecture that would change the New York skyline by the mid-century. Experience the origins of such game changers as the Seagram Building and One Chase Manhattan Plaza, and learn about their roots in the European Modern Movement of the 1910s and ’20s.











When: Tue., Oct. 22, 2013 at 6:30 pm
Where: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400
Price: $34
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The post-World War I generation wanted a new international language of architecture based on science and technology, not the inherent “nationalisms” of the entrenched historic revivalisms — “nationalisms” that had led to a devastating war. In the 1910s, ’20s & ’30s, this generation forged a new architecture that would change the New York skyline by the mid-century. Experience the origins of such game changers as the Seagram Building and One Chase Manhattan Plaza, and learn about their roots in the European Modern Movement of the 1910s and ’20s.

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