New York Upper East Side Art and Architecture Tour

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Shining with the tarnished gleam of New York’ Gilded Age the ornate town houses of the Upper East Side stand as a monuments to the moneyed families that played an essential role in the city’s growth.

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Shining with the tarnished gleam of New York’ Gilded Age the ornate town houses of the Upper East Side stand as a monuments to the moneyed families that played an essential role in the city’s growth. In this Upper East Side Architecture Tour, we will examine highlights from this Victorian era legacy including the Henry Clay Frick mansion, the Metropolitan Museum, the French Consulate, and, of course, Central Park. In addition, our tour will look at modern masterpieces such as the Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright and the former Whitney Museum Marcel Breuer. Famous building featured on this tour: Central Park, Calvert Vaux & F. L. Olmstead, 1858 Apple Store 5 Avenue, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2012 Bloomberg Tower, César Pelli & Associates, 2004 Frick Museum, Carrere & Hastings, 1914 Former Whitney Museum, Marcel Breuer, 1966 French Consulate, Walker & Gillette, 1926 Metropolitan Museum, Calvert Vaux, 1874; McKim, Mead & White,1904 Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959