The 1969 Stonewall rebellion is largely regarded as the catalyst for the modern LGBT rights movement in the US. However, vibrant communities all over the city were making their mark on New York's civil rights, arts, and cultural scene. On the Upper West Side, the Continental Baths, perhaps the most famous gay bathhouse in the […]
Landmark West! invites you to experience the Upper West Side with one of the city's best-known architectural historians, Andrew Scott Dolkart. This unique walk begins at Congregation Rodeph Sholom on W. 83rd Street near Central Park. Founded downtown in 1842 by German immigrants, it is one of the oldest congregations in the United States. In 1929, they […]
Architectural historian Andrew Dolkart leads us up West End Avenue in the W. 100's for a fantastic tour of exceptional apartment houses and row houses. We'll discover striking buildings, superbly embellished with complex brick patterning and terra cotta tile, showing the influence of Parisian design. And as a bonus - the LW! group will be […]
Share in an exquisite architectural journey along one of the most significant concentrations of artists’ studio apartment buildings in Manhattan–the eight buildings of the West 67th Street Artists’ Colony Historic District–with esteemed historian Prof. Andrew Dolkart. LANDMARK WEST! is honored to have Prof. Dolkart, the preservation historian who wrote the national designation report on all of these […]
