A History of Styles and Architectural Heritage
 Empire State Building lit in holiday colors  Beaux Art
design of the James F.D. and Harriet Lanier House at 123 East 35th
Street in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan. Built between 1901 and
1903 by architects Hoppin and Klein of the McKim, Mead, and White
architect firm. The Beaux Art style was very popular from 1885 through
1920 and known for its ornamentation and grandiose size and frequently
used for the design of government buildings and museums. (Other NYC
examples are: the Grand Central Terminal and the New York Public
Library.)  Old stable-styled house at 149 East 48th Street. This red brick and stone stable, the George S. Bowdoin Stable, has a beauiful facade and a gable entrance with the bust of a bulldog. Sculptures of horses are to each side of the building which was constructed in 1902.  The Dorilton, a luxury apartment building at
171 W. 71 Street in the Lincoln Center neighborhood, was developed by
Hamilton M. Weed, and designed by Elisha
Harris Janes and Richard Leopold Leo in 1902. Brick and limestone
trim highlight
the French-inspired Beaux Arts structure. Three-story copper and slate
mansard roofs top off the building with its
chateau-style chimneys and pointed roofline accents. Sculptures of
draped maidens and near-nude
muscular men accent some of its balconies. The sculptures are
structural elements and are known as caryatids (if they are maidens)
and atlantes (if they are male). Its ornate entrance is
of cast-iron fences with globe-topped columns and two putti. A
side-street entrance leads to a courtyard
and a “light-well” that bridges the ninth story by an arch. Initially,
architect critics were not
praiseworthy and found the building “flamboyant.” However, the
Dorilton remains a favorite of many
Upper West Siders today. |