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Architecture

New Book: Buffalo at the Crossroads

November 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Buffalo at the CrossroadsBook purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

The new book Buffalo at the Crossroads: The Past, Present, and Future of American Urbanism (Cornell University Press, 2020), edited by Peter H. Christensen, is an introduction to Buffalo’s architecture and developed landscape, featuring essays by twelve authors. [Read more…] about New Book: Buffalo at the Crossroads

Filed Under: Books, History, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Books, Buffalo

State Proposes Removal of Historic DeBar Lodge Great Camp For Day Use Area

November 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

debar lodge adirondacks national park service photoThe NYS Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are holding a joint public comment period on plans to tear down a rustic 1940s Adirondack camp at the north end of Debar Pond that is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

The camp commands a view of DeBar Pond and the adjacent mountains which frame the water. The main lodge is a rambling two-story rustic building by architect Saranac Lake architect William Distin. The site also includes a guide/caretaker house, and several barns and outbuildings. [Read more…] about State Proposes Removal of Historic DeBar Lodge Great Camp For Day Use Area

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: APA, Architecture, Debar Mountain Wild Forest, DEC, development, Great Camps, hiking, Historic Preservation, nature

Survey Underway of Rochester African-American Architect’s Buildings

November 3, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fort Hill Terrace Apartments by Christopher BrandtThomas W. Boyde, Jr. is Rochester’s foremost African American architect. He was a master of Mid-Century Modern home design and did significant work designing buildings for communities of color and the low-income communities.

Many of Boyde’s projects no longer exist or have been severely altered. [Read more…] about Survey Underway of Rochester African-American Architect’s Buildings

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Black History, Historic Preservation, Preservation League of New York State, Rochester

Downtown Troy’s First Bridge Over The Hudson: A Short History

September 30, 2020 by John Nehrich Leave a Comment

Green Island Bridge shown in the close-up of a birds eye engraving with the west end already converted to steel trussesIn the 19th century, America had vast forests of virgin timber, unlike Europe, which during the Middle Ages had used up most of its largest trees. (The remaining were saved for ships’ masts.)

One of the first developments of the Industrial Revolution was powered sawmills. Thus was born the covered bridge, made of heavy structural timbers for trusses, and sheathed with easily-replaceable wood sheathing to protect the structure members from rotting. (This was years before creosote was used to protect exposed wood.) [Read more…] about Downtown Troy’s First Bridge Over The Hudson: A Short History

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Architecture, Green Island, railroads, Transportation History, Troy

New Book On Audubon Park: The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot

September 29, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Audubon Park CoverBook purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

Matthew Spady’s new book The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It (Fordham University Press, 2020) is the story of Audubon Park’s origins, maturation, and disappearance. The book is the study of a rural society evolving into an urban community, an examination of the relationship between people and the land they inhabit. [Read more…] about New Book On Audubon Park: The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Audubon Park Historic District, Books, Manhattan, Urban History

Grad Students Study Jay Heritage Preservation Issues

September 29, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

members of the studio at JHCColumbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) is offering a studio course this fall semester titled “Radical Re-construction: Materializing Social Justice at the Country Estate of John Jay, a Founder of American Democracy.”

The studio is being led by Jorge Otero-Pailos, the school’s head of historic preservation and a member of JHC’s board of trustees, and Mark Rakatansky, an adjunct associate professor at the school and principal of Mark Rakatansky Studio. [Read more…] about Grad Students Study Jay Heritage Preservation Issues

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Columbia University, Education, Historic Preservation, Jay Heritage Center, Landscape Architecture

Garnet Douglass Baltimore: Troy’s Landscape Master

September 7, 2020 by Suzanne Spellen 2 Comments

By the middle of the 19th century, Americans realized that parks provided a spot of nature and greenery amidst an increasingly busy and industrialized world.  Many men, women and children worked six days a week, and never had the time or resources to get away.

Yes, parks were beautiful, but they were also very important for mental and physical health. Cities that wanted to thrive began looking for space and funding for public parks. [Read more…] about Garnet Douglass Baltimore: Troy’s Landscape Master

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Brooklyn, Troy

The Rice Building: A Celebrated Troy Landmark

September 3, 2020 by Suzanne Spellen Leave a Comment

rice buildingTroy has many iconic buildings, each unique for either an architectural, functional or historic reason. The city’s building stock is one of the reasons Troy has become a favorite Capital District destination.

Walking the city’s streets is a visual treat. Within the space of blocks one can see more than 200 years of architecture and history. [Read more…] about The Rice Building: A Celebrated Troy Landmark

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Architecture, Landmarks, Troy

Black Builder Jacob Wynkoop Exhibit Goes Online

August 21, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Jacob WynkoopJacob Wynkoop was born in New Paltz, New York, in 1829, the child of two former slaves, Thomas and Jane Deyo Wynkoop. Wynkoop had an exceptional and varied life for any man of his time.

Among the first African Americans to buy land in the community, he also served in the Union Army during the Civil War, organized politically on behalf of African American citizens in town, and built a series of homes that today still define a neighborhood in the village of New Paltz. [Read more…] about Black Builder Jacob Wynkoop Exhibit Goes Online

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Architecture, Black History, Civil War, exhibits, Historic Huguenot Street, Historic Preservation, Military History, New Paltz

Tour of Southampton’s Gardens Set

August 17, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Peconic Bay View by Averitt Buttry 2020The Southampton History Museum has announced “An Outsider’s View,” a tour of Southampton and North Sea gardens and landscape settings, set for Saturday, September 12th, from 1 to 4 pm.

With designs ranging from a structured formal garden of clipped hedges and detailed gates to a waterfront cottage garden bursting with flowers and native flora, each setting will provide a look at the interplay between the landscape and the home’s architecture and history. [Read more…] about Tour of Southampton’s Gardens Set

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, gardening, Landscape Architecture, Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

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