Tag: metropolitan museum historic district

  • September 30, 2014 at 08:09PM

    Later than lunchtime drawing: The American Irish Historical Society’s Beaux-Arts townhouse on Fifth Avenue, illuminated by The Metropolitan Museum of Art signs lining the street (each in a different language). from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/ZpBLQ2 via IFTTT

  • September 23, 2014 at 06:59PM

    Later than lunchtime drawing: The buildings along this stretch of Fifth Avenue are part of the Metropolitan Museum Historic district in NYC on the first day of autumn. This landmark district was designated in 1977 and runs along Fifth Ave. from 78th to 86th Street and incorporates many of the houses on the mid-blocks between…

  • September 15, 2014 at 07:04PM

    Later than lunchtime drawing: The James B. Duke House at 1 East 78th Street, completed in 1912 and funded by a tobacco fortune, is now the classical home of NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts. Apparently architect Horace Trumbauer essentially reproduced the Hotel Lobottiere in Bordeaux, France in his design.  By the way, if you’re in NYC…

  • September 08, 2014 at 09:05PM

    Later than lunchtime drawing: The quite ornate facade, complete with two marble figures on either side of the entrance, on East 82nd Street of the Benjamin N. and Sarah Duke House. This Beaux Arts building is officially located at 1009 Fifth Avenue, was completed in 1901, and is perhaps the last remaining private mansion on…

  • August 26, 2014 at 08:29PM

    Later than lunchtime drawing: Elaborate scrolling stonework and lanterns outside a building entrance on East 80th Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, in the Metropolitan Museum Historic District. from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1syfUxY via IFTTT

  • August 11, 2014 at 07:30PM

    Later than lunchtime drawing: Dignified glass and iron canopy stretching much of the width of the East 81st Street facade of 998 Fifth Avenue in the Metropolitan Museum Historic District. from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1oEU209 via IFTTT

  • July 16, 2014 at 07:14PM

    Later than lunchtime drawing: Wrought iron doors at No. 7 East 84th Street in the Metropolitan Museum Historic District. from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1rs7BV2 via IFTTT