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renwickeventplanner · 1 month
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Look at this gorgeous dress I've found!
Who do you think this will fit, my dear followers?
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cantsayidont · 5 months
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August 1984. This won't change anyone's feelings about cult movie perennial THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE EIGHTH DIMENSION one way or the other, but if you're wondering what the hell the deal is supposed to be with Buckaroo Banzai and his team, the answer is, "It's an obvious pastiche of the pulp hero Doc Savage."
Launched in 1933, Doc Savage was one of the leading adventure heroes of the pulp magazines. Doc (whose full name was Clark Savage Jr.) was scientifically trained from childhood to the peak of human perfection, singularly adept in everything from mechanical engineering to medicine to martial arts. He had a secret headquarters called the Fortress of Solitude and a whole array of specially designed vehicles and equipment, but he was also a public figure, with offices in the Empire State Building. Doc had a team of eccentric, highly specialized aides — Monk Mayfair, Ham Brooks, Renny Renwick, Long Tom Roberts, and Johnny Littlejohn — who each had a particular skill and a couple of distinctive personality traits (for instance, Monk was a skilled industrial chemist, but also an "ape-like" brute with a ferocious temper). They were sometimes aided by Doc's cousin, Pat Savage, who was almost as capable as Doc, although he tried to keep her out of the fray because she was (gasp) a girl.
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This was a fairly common pattern for pulp heroes. For instance, the pulp version of the Shadow (who was distinctly different from the radio incarnation) relied on a whole network of agents, some appearing only once or twice, some recurring across many of his published adventures. From a narrative standpoint, the agents and assistants had two principal purposes: The first was to offset the rather overpowered heroes — pulp heroes didn't necessarily have superhuman powers, but even those who didn't tended to be preternaturally skilled at nearly everything, so it was convenient to limit their direct involvement in an adventure to crucial moments, and let the assistants (who could be much more fallible) do much of the legwork. The second object was to beef up the characterization. Doc Savage was morally irreproachable as well as absurdly multi-talented, so there wasn't a lot to be done with him character-wise, while maintaining the mystique of a character like the Shadow required him to remain a fairly closed book.
Although the pulp heroes were a huge influence on early comic book superheroes like Superman and Batman, some of these conventions didn't translate well to other media: In a 13-page comic book story or half-hour radio episode, having too many characters was cumbersome (and expensive, where it meant hiring extra actors), and comic book readers normally expected to follow their four-color heroes quite closely, even before the breathless internal monologue became a genre staple. So, Superman inherited Doc Savage's Fortress of Solitude, but not his "Fabulous Five" assistants, while heroes like Batman and Captain America generally stuck with a single sidekick rather than a team of aides. Even the late Doc Savage pulp adventures (which ended in 1949) de-emphasized the assistants to keep the focus more on Doc himself. Ultimately, the pulp heroes didn't really have the right narrative center of gravity for visual media, which is why they've become relatively obscure, despite repeated revival attempts. The 1975 Doc Savage movie with Ron Ely, for instance, was a notorious commercial flop, and elements like Doc's childishly bickering assistants seemed odd and dated, even taking into account the film's nostalgia-bait '30s period setting.
What BUCKAROO BANZAI tried to do was to bring that old pulp hero formula into the modern era with a big infusion of '80s style and humor. Like Doc Savage, Buckaroo is a wildly gifted polymath (in the opening scenes, he rushes from performing brain surgery to test-driving his Jet Car through a mountain), so famous and important a personage that he puts the president of the United States on hold, and he surrounds himself with an array of brilliant, eccentric aides with silly nicknames who play in his rock band when they're not fighting crime or doing advanced scientific experiments.
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Alas, judging by the poor box office returns, general audiences were no more amenable to the '80s version of this formula than they had been to DOC SAVAGE: MAN OF BRONZE nine years earlier, even with the 1984 film's extraordinary cast and memorably witty dialogue. Granted, even many of the movie's most diehard fans are baffled by the convoluted plot — a crucial expository scene where the leader of the Black Lectroids (Rosalind Cash) explains much of what's going on is nigh-incomprehensible without subtitles or closed captioning — but beyond that, THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI is essentially an extended riff on a particular slice of pop culture that had long since dropped out of the public consciousness, which is both part of its charm and also its commercial undoing, at least as mainstream entertainment.
(Also, if you're wondering, yes, the TOM STRONG series by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse is also an obvious Doc Savage pastiche, although at least some of its plot and character concepts were probably retoolings of unused ideas from Moore's earlier Maximum Press/Awesome Comics SUPREME series, which was an extended pastiche of the pre-Crisis Superman.)
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And I think a wooden stake piercing straight through your heart would look fashionable and fit your… interesting…style- I think Renwick would agree. I’ll have to ask them about it later. OoO maybe we could get you another silver earring? :)
-Tev.
Like you’d even get that close. I’ll have your head rolling before you can say a word, kid.
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prof-ramses · 2 months
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Ramses Recommends: The nostalgically chipper frights of Necro Nancy 64
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Welcome back!
This time around I have something more substantial for you all.
Necro Nancy first came around as a comic on it's creator's newgrounds, which can be found here
Since then, the same newgrounds as well as Macabre's youtube channel have become home to a series of retro game styled animations following the titular revenant and her friends' antics in the monster filled city of Necropolis.
If you're a Spooky Month fan, or have an interest in low poly stuff in general, you'll find plenty to love in this series. And with it's 3rd episode already in (early) production, there's plenty more to come.
Should you be interested, I suggest viewing the series before continuing.
So, for those who came back, or didn't even leave, Let's dive a bit further into what makes this gem click!
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Firstly, Nancy herself. She's a well rounded protagonist, being able to work as both a source of comedy and as the voice of reason with both Ghoulia and Renwick. Her simple design combined with her expressive animation helps cement her as the core of the series.
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Meanwhile, Ghoulia and Renwick act as great foils, complimenting Nancy as a character in there own ways.
Ghoulia being somewhat dismissive while also trying to hide how much she cares for Nancy makes their interactions a lot of fun, her voice acting also makes her very entertaining in her own right.
Renwick's know-it-all attitude paired with his impulsive nature makes him the most unpredictable of the main cast, which is also what makes him fun.
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Lastly, Necropolis is a great setting in potential for stories and even lore. It's also stylistically rich with both the n64 aesthetic and the actual designs of the individual locations, making for a very captivating experience.
And there you have it, a brilliantly made and criminally overlooked series with a unique way of blending together many familiar elements into something with a very distinct and thoroughly appealing.
If I were you, I'd keep a loose eyeball on this ;) Thanks for reading!
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knithacker · 8 months
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Art Art Art Art Fiber Art ...
Two new thinkpieces to put on your radar, plus one upcoming show:
🧵 "Fiber Art Is Finally Being Taken Seriously" 👉 https://bit.ly/3r9eMuU via The New York Times (Style Magazine)
🧵 "How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation" 👉 https://bit.ly/3PdQyrC ("Pockets were previously classified as undergarments, so these displays were an unseemly spectacle to many." (via Lit Hub)
🧵 BONUS: "Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women" opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery in May 2024: 👉 https://bit.ly/3sLYTuN
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codecicle · 10 days
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still listening to the finale rn and im realizing renwick is just how i talk. "Very very epic style!!" did charlie slimecicle stalk me and take all my videogame 1 liner voicelines
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victoriousscarf · 4 months
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Hi. These numbers from the End of the Year asks, please? ^^
1. Song of the year?
9. Best month for you this year?
10. Something that made you cry this year?
11. Something you want to do again next year?
14. Favorite book you read this year?
15. What’s a bad habit you picked up this year?
18. A memorable meal this year?
19. What’re you excited about for next year?
21. What’s something new about your place of residence (room, home, or general location) now vs the start of the year?
22. Favorite place you visited this year?
23. If you could send a message to yourself back on the first day of the year, what would it be?
Blood on the Snow by Hozier probably.
9. .... uh... October?
10. Our train got canceled the night before it was supposed to leave and my parents were flying out the next day so we sorta like, needed to get back. After a bit of a stress cry we got it together though and figured out a solution on the fly in true "what is travel without some shenanigans?" style.
11. Train travel (despite the answer above lol). I've always liked trains and I need to take more advantage of the fact I now live in like one of the few places in the USA that actually has decent trains.
14. The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--A Tragedy in Three Acts by Scott Anderson and It was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past by David Satter
15. Swearing at work and revealing how okay I am with other people swearing around me. It's not the worst workplace to have this problem, but I need to like rebuild my filter for the higher ups.
18. I went to Thanksgiving at the house of my friend from high school who I hadn't seen since high school (turns out we live less than an hour away from each other now). She even married her high school boyfriend which just... still blows my mind. But it was great to reconnect since I usually don't even do anything for Thanksgiving.
I also got to share a meal for the first time with @boredcomiccollector86 because they were like you do not get to come to my town and not do something. The food wasn't that great, but the night was.
19. Not being in this year anymore? Hopefully I can do some more fun travel, this year was pretty travel low until the very end.
... Literally just remembered I am planning a trip and one of my friends is coming to visit me later this year. So yeah. That will be good. We will once again be able to tell everyone when they ask how we met "Oh I made her cry on the internet for the last decade."
21. I had to get new/more yarn storage.
22. I really liked the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC. A bit more off the beaten tourist path for the city but it's got that great mix of classic architecture and modern craft art that makes me go feral.
23. You are going to be VERY fucking stressed medically speaking. And that's okay because there is actually something wrong and you do need to get to the bottom of it, but also deep breaths because it's going to be something that can be dealt with. Embrace the shredder fic you're about to write to deal with this.
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lorenfinch · 9 months
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OC Name Meaning Tag
Tagged by @writernopal; thank you so much! Gonna leave an open tag for this one. My elven names are pretty much all made up, so I won't be including any of them in this!
RENWICK: Old English name meaning "raven village". I picked it while looking at a list of goth-sounding names and I found myself coming back to that one and usually, if a name lingers in my mind, it's a good sign to try using it. Funnily enough, I picked his surname Crawford (meaning "crow ford") without considering the meaning of his first name, and accidentally ended up with a character named Corvid McCorvidson. Did I mention he's goth??? Anyway by the time I figured it out I already grew attached to the full name and anyone who thinks it's stupid can fight me /lighthearted. Also it's worth mentioning that he named himself after a character from an in-universe vampire novel. He is, in a way, literally one of those goths who named himself Raven.
STYX: From the River Styx in Greek mythology. I named her that deliberately because it sort of represents a barrier between the living and the dead. Without giving away too much, they're a person who can help you cross that barrier. In universe, Greek myth doesn't exist, but I imagine the name could derive from a Celestial deity--perhaps the deity of death, to keep the theme going.
VERIDA: A Spanish name meaning truth and bravery. At first I was considering calling her Dolores, which is a name meaning sorrow and perfectly on theme with the goth vibes of our main cast, but Encanto had just come out at the time and that was what I primarily associated the name with. Besides, Verida is anything but sorrowful!
AINSLEY: Directly translates to "one hermitage or meadow". Unintentional.
VINCE: Short for Vincent, derived from Latin word vincere meaning "to conquer". Unintentional; I picked the name because it sounded goth. Ironically, Vince ended up being one of my preppiest vampires, in terms of style.
BELLADONNA: Means "beautiful/fair lady" in Italian. I named her after the poisonous flower, and in universe she picked out the name for the same reason (Belladonna is not her birth name). The women of the Night Terrors are all named after flowers, and I imagine they picked them out together to form a sort of small vampire coven before meeting the rest and forming the Night Terrors. In Victorian flower language, the belladonna may mean a warning, or a symbol of death, which fits her quite well!
TANSY: Honestly this flower just popped into my head for a blonde vampire lady, but later I looked up the symbolism and it turns out tansy can symbolize immortality, as well as a declaration of war. Both of these fit quite well!
AMARYLLIS: Means strength, pride, and determination. Fits nicely! Also, apparently amaryllis flowers contain healing properties, which is a fun detail since Amaryllis herself is a witch and makes makeshift potions using her own venom (vampire venom is a valuable and powerful alchemical ingredient!) Also, apparently the name itself is a Greek name meaning "to sparkle"? Insert sparkling vampires joke (though truly I think she'd enjoy wearing glitter).
DAHLIA: One possible meaning is that of fresh starts and new beginnings. Perfect since, as a random tidbit, Dahlia was the one to start the flower name thing! She's also canon trans so <3333. The flower also symbolizes kindness, grace, elegance, inner strength, and change.
VLASTIMIR: Slavic name derived from elements meaning "rule, sovereignty" and "peace, world". Unintentional.
EIRIK: Norwegian form of Eric, meaning "ever ruler" and derived from Old Norse. Unintentional. I find it super ironic that both him and Vlastimir ended up with names meaning "ruler" when neither of them are rulers and one of the running themes of the Night Terrors is that they helped shape a major historical event but their involvement was largely forgotten by all accounts of it. Sure, some of them are known for other things, but mostly just short tales of them terrorizing a random village or something similar. Out of all of them, Aramour the summer elf is the only one mentioned in the historical accounts of the war itself, but only as a palace performer in the background. No mention of his vampirism or participation in the rebellion.
MIRKO: Diminutive of Miroslav, meaning "peace, world." Unintentional.
EMMERICK: A (sort of purposeful) misspelling of the German name Emmerich, derived from elements meaning "ruler, king" and possibly either "whole, great" or "unceasing, vigorous". Also unintentional, but...
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themarrero · 1 year
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Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in the heart of Manhattan in New York City designed by renowned architect James Renwick Jr. with the corner stone being set in 1858 before the start of the American Civil War was dedicated in 1879. The seat of the Catholic Archdiocese in New York was constructed of Tuckahoe Marble in a Neo-Gothic style and features its distinctive towers on the main western entrance on Fifth Avenue. - [x] #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @kehcamera @mpbcom @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales #omd #microfourthirds #olympus #micro43photography @nycurbanism @nycprimeshot @nybucketlist @stpatrickscathedral (at St. Patrick's Cathedral) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8hjRySe_X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Greenwood Gardens: One of The Best Gardens to Visit in Millburn
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History
Joseph Day, a prominent real estate auctioneer, purchased 79 acres (32 ha) of land in 1906, dubbed "Pleasant Days". Construction on Day's home was designed by William W. Renwick and built by Rafael Guastavino's Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company. The property remained with Days until his death in 1944, whereupon a majority of the land was purchased by Peter B. Blanchard Jr. and was rechristened The Greenwoods. Blanchard's stewardship of the land saw significant aesthetic and horticultural changes, beginning with the demolition of the Days' Mediterranean-style mansion and the construction of a Colonial-Revival style home. The Blanchard's were also primarily responsible for the growth and diversification of the namesake gardens on the property, planting hundreds of ornamental trees and shrubs.
After Peter Blanchard died in 2000 and in accordance with his wishes, Greenwood Gardens was designated a nonprofit organization and is one of 16 gardens nationwide that is supported by The Garden Conservancy. The following years saw the beginnings of a comprehensive renovation of the property; efforts were made to refurbish the forecourt, retaining walls and many of the statues and assorted ornamentation.
Notable features
Greenwood Gardens is home to several unique architectural and artistic creations. Two of the most prominent works of art on the property are a wrought iron gate featuring a bird, vines and assorted plants created by Samuel Yellin, and a bronze statue of a boy holding two geese created by Emilio Angela. In addition to the main house the property boasts a summerhouse and teahouse constructed in 1920, and several cottages meant to house workers to maintain the grounds.
Access
Prospective visitors can gain access to the garden through a one-time admission fee, or by becoming a member of the Gardens. Greenwood Gardens hosts periodic events including educational tours and musical events.
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thisisamuseumheist · 2 years
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Gothic Churches in New York
In 1766 the oldest church in New York City, St. Paul’s Chapel, was constructed. Since then, many churches have been built, destroyed, and remodeled, reshaping the future of the city. Gothic churches have always held a stylistic fortitude throughout the changing landscape of churches across New York. Even today, gothic style churches, such as St.Patrick’s Cathedral, are one of the most popular tourist sites in the Big Apple. St Patrick’s Cathedral is designed by James Renwick Junior, emphasizing the structural qualities recognizable in all New York churches designed in the Neo-Gothic style.
To begin, the term “gothic” was first coined during the Renaissance period by Italian writers in effort to attribute the contemporary medieval architecture to the barbarian Gothic tribes that destroyed the Roman Empire in the 5th century. The term “gothic” implied a perfection of barbarism, “it [is] natural that they should have applied it to a style they desired to destroy,” thus it is self-contradictory and was loosely adapted into various aesthetic practices. Because the particular type of civilization it tried to express had come to an end in conjunction with the Renaissance, the style quickly ceased to be practiced.
The Gothic style saw a revival during the early 19th century because of its aesthetic philosophy. This philosophy emphasized the defining principles of architecture to be about a structure's whole strength and not about a set of structural details specifically implemented to provide support for the structure. Charles H. Moore, a prominent writer and architect of New York in the early 20th century, states in his book Development and Character of Gothic Architecture that, “It is thus a system of balanced thrusts in contradistinction to the ancient system of inert stability.” Thus, the stability of the building depended on the finely organized framework of every aspect rather than just the building’s walls or any other single/multiple element(s). For example, rather than implementing pillars to support a building, the walls and structure of the cathedral became a representation of God’s universal kingdom.” During this philosophical revival, the apologists frequently argued to properly define the structural and aesthetic boundaries of Gothicism in architecture. It was then through such dialogue that the boundaries and identity of Gothicism was first properly defined, resulting in Neo-Gothicism.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral features iconic twin spires, stained glass windows, pointed arches, and a cavernous central  nave. Each of these aspects illustrate Moore’s description of how structure and medieval piety is defined in Gothic designs by their pointed arches, stained glass murals, and ornate spire designs. Gothic architecture was most widely practiced in churches, because of its philosophy to create singlar structural entities rather than to separate the structural entities from the building or object itself. As these churches functioned to center communities and define central areas of neighborhoods, they focused on constructing a single system of trusses, piers, arches, and buttresses rather than walls. This allowed for larger naves, imposing structural elements as central to architectural foundations and illustrating the importance of divinity in relationship to societal structures. Ultimately, churches emphasized Gothicism to suggest experiences of religious wholeness. 
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renwickeventplanner · 28 days
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Look at this goregeous evening robe! What a lovely thing to wear while strolling through a park, don't you agree, followers? (✿◠‿◠)
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rabbitcruiser · 3 years
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St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan (No. 3)
St. Patrick's Cathedral was designed by James Renwick Jr. with influences from English, French, and German Gothic architecture. It is the largest Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral in North America, as well as the first major Gothic Revival cathedral in the United States. St. Patrick's Cathedral was described by CNN as being an "essential part of New York City's architectural heritage". The cathedral serves as the seat for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York as well as a parish church for the archdiocese within Manhattan. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, over five million people visited the cathedral each year.
The foundation stones are made of blue gneiss granite set within cement mortar. The lowest horizontal course of the facade, as well as the lowest course under all the interior columns. is made of Dix Island granite from Maine. The exterior is clad in marble quarried in Lee, Massachusetts, and Pleasantville, New York. The main section of the cathedral is made of Tuckahoe marble. Behind the marble blocks are walls made of brick and stone laid in rough masonry, with hollow gaps for ventilation. The blocks were so closely laid that, decades after the cathedral's completion, no cracks had formed in them. The side walls are between 3 and 4 feet (0.91 and 1.22 m) thick, and the clerestory walls above the nave are 3 feet thick. Part of the interior is made of artificial Coignet stone.The marble for the spires was sourced from Cockeysville, Maryland, and the roof has 343 finials.
There are 103 windows on the cathedral in total. The windows are glazed by two thicknesses of sash and glass, set 2 inches (51 mm) apart, to regulate interior temperatures and prevent air drafts. The exterior sashes are glazed with figured glass in lead sash, while the interior sashes are glazed with stained glass. The windows of the clerestory were made by Morgan Brothers. The cathedral had been constructed with 57 stained-glass windows: 37 representing scenes from Scripture and 20 representing geometrical shapes. Forty-five of the original windows were manufactured by Nicholas Lorin and Henry Ely in France. Other stained glass windows were added later. Renwick's original sketches show that the tracery near each window was designed with two grooves: one for stained glass and one for protective glazing.
The cathedral's geothermal system consists of ten wells, each 2,200 feet (670 m) deep, which could concurrently send hot and cold air to separate sections of the cathedral. The system is capable of producing 3.2 million British thermal units (3.4 GJ) of heat and 2.9 million British thermal units (3.1 GJ) of air conditioning hourly. The geothermal system uses a computer to send cool or warm air based on thermostat readings. Heat and cool air is pumped through four water loops.
Source: Wikipedia
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The 51-story all-black-tinted glass curtain-wall facade Olympic Tower. 645 Fifth Avenue, northeast corner with East 51st. Street. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1972-1976.
View looking north of Olympic Tower, from Rockefeller Center, in Spring, 1977. 
The 29-story 650 Fifth Avenue Building (Carl Warnecke & Associates, 1978) under construction are visible at left, and the General Motors Building (Edward Durell Stone-Emery Roth & Sons, 1968 are at background. The St. Patrick’s Cathedral (James Renwick, Jr, 1859-1879; towers, 1888) are at foreground, right.
Photo: Parker/SOM.
Source:  Stern, Robert A.M.; Mellin, Thomas; Fishman David. “New York 1960. Architecture and urbanism between the Second World War and the Bicentennial” New York. The Monacelli Press. Second Edition. 1997.
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michelle3167 · 5 years
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