Tour
Walking Tour – Midtown Modernism 2: The Park Avenue Corridor
Oct 27 at 10:30am–1pm
Meet at southeast corner of Park Avenue & 47th St. (in front of 245 Park Ave.)
Meet at southeast corner of Park Avenue & 47th St. (in front of 245 Park Ave.)
Organized by
AIA New York
Park Avenue is the epicenter of Corporate Modernism. View three Modern masterpieces by SOM’s Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois, Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building, as well as “vernacular” Modern office buildings by Emery Roth and others. Also included are a distinguished Art Deco tower and lobby, a Morris Lapidus-designed hotel, and late Modern and Postmodern designs by Edward Larrabee Barnes, Philip Johnson, and I. M. Pei.
Tours will run rain or shine. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to tour start time. Registration is limited to 15; walk-ups are not guaranteed a spot on the tour. Some tours utilize VOX amplification systems; attendees are welcome to bring their personal earbuds.
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