New York City
Central Park: Original DrawingsOn view are original plans for Central Park by Frederick Law Olmstead, Calvert Vaux, and their associates dating from the 1850s through the 1880s. The exhibition includes full-scale working drawings as well as watercolors of the stone carvings, terrace and buildings. New York City, Central Park, landscape architecture, drawings, watercolor, exhibitions |
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Manhattan Skyline: New York Skyscrapers Between the WarsDetailed sketches, perspective drawings, models, vintage photographs, decorative objects, and architectural ornaments document the development of New York City skyscrapers between World War I and World War II. Architecture, architectural drawings, New York City, 20th century, exhibitions |
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Vienna/New York: The Work of Joseph UrbanThis retrospective of the Austian-born architect, Joseph Urban, shows the breadth of his work through drawings, photographs, stage set models, and furniture designs. In addition to architectural projects such as the New School for Social Research building and the Hearst Corporation building, both in Manhattan, Urban was commissioned to design many theatrical productions including a dozen Ziegfeld Follies and more than 50 productions for the Metropolitan Opera Company. Architecture, architectural drawings, theatrical design, furniture design, Joseph Urban, New York City, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35349349 |
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Underground Images: Subway Posters from the School of Visual ArtsForty posters are on view from the School of Visual Arts, all of which have been displayed in the New York City subway system during the four decades of the school’s existence. The exhibition features works by illustrators Milton Glaser, Marshall Arisman, Robert Weaver, Art Spiegelman, and Jerry Moriarty. posters, illustration, graphic design, School of Visual Arts, New York City, subway, exhibitions |
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Crystal Palaces: The Buildings of the First World’s FairsThe exhibition displays a remarkable collection of photographs, prints, stereo views, and souvenir ephemera of the Crystal Palaces from the 1851 World's Fair in London and the 1853 World's Fair in New York. London’s Crystal Palace housed the “Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations;” New York's Crystal Palace, built in Bryant Park behind the New York Public Library, was destroyed by a fire just five years after its construction. world's fairs, Architecture, prints, ephemera, London, New York City, 19th century, exhibitions |
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Immovable Objects: Manhattan from Battery Park to the Brooklyn BridgeThe first in a series of experiments to understand some of the complex forces that shape cities. This exhibition puts the neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, a showcase of urban design, on display. The Exhibition Loop, a path that winds through streets and building lobbies, is laid out to help focus attention on a representative cross-section of objects, from skyscrapers to lamp posts. New York City, Architecture, ornament, urban planning, exhibitions |
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Six Bridges: The Making of the New York MegalopolisBetween 1925 and 1965, New York City became a world center for commerce, finance and culture. This exhibition of film clips, photographs, drawings, and maps, documents the six bridges instrumental in defining the metropolis: George Washington, Tri-borough, Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Verrazano-Narrows, and Bayonne. These bridges are the legacy of Swiss-born engineer, Othmar Ammann, widely considered the greatest bridge designer of the 20th century. engineering, bridges, New York City, 20th century, exhibitions |
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The Window ShowFifteen participating designers chose objects from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s collections and National Design Library to decorate store windows for this off-site exhibition. permanent collection, National Design Library, fashion, exhibitions, Installations, New York City, retail |
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The Taxi of Tomorrow is Here TodayEach day, 600,000 New Yorkers hop in the back of a taxi - the iconic yellow cab that is a symbol of New York City around the world. The 2014 Nissan NV200 Taxi, New York's Taxi of Tomorrow, made its global debut yesterday at a special event with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn. taxi, cab, New York City, NYC, yellow, icon, taxi of tomorrow, Nissan NV200 |
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Sustainability: Visiting the Newtown Creek Waste Water Treatment PlantAccording to Jim Pynn, Superintendent of Newtown Creek’s 52-acre water waste treatment plant, the plant’s star architectural feature is eight futuristic, stainless steel–clad “digester eggs.” Tours of the facility began less than a year ago. Newtown Creek, treatment plant, waste water, sustainability, New York City, NYC, tour |
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