Especially Special Blocks: W. 73rd & 74th Streets Walk with Francis Morrone
Thursday, July 25th, 6:30pm-7:45pm
To be clear - we love ALL our Upper West Side historic blocks. But there are certain streets so chock full of architectural beauty that we simply have to stop and stare. Or walk and stare, as is the case in this wonderful walking tour guided by the illustrious Francis Morrone along the blocks of West 73rd and 74th Streets between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.
These blocks contain some of the finest residential design on the Upper West Side. The earliest of their buildings include 18 rowhouses on W. 73rd Street (from an original row of 28) designed by Henry Hardenbergh, who also created the nearby Dakota Apartments. From Neo-Georgian to Moorish Revival, Beaux-Arts to Moderne, these blocks have the goods! There is absolutely no better way to appreciate this "especially special" West Side Historic District than alongside one of the city's top architectural historians.
Our guide: Architectural historian and fan favorite Francis Morrone (who also happens to have been named one of Travel + Leisure magazine's 13 best tour guides in the world), is the author of eleven books, including “Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes” (W.W. Norton, 2013) and, with Henry Hope Reed, "The New York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building" (W.W. Norton, 2011), as well as architectural guidebooks to Philadelphia and to Brooklyn. He was an art and architecture critic for the New York Sun for more than six years. He teaches architectural and urban history at the New York University School of Professional Studies and is a recipient of the university’s Excellence in Teaching Award.
