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Morningside
Heights and
Harlem 19th-Century Mansions
The Jewish Museum (see
p182), formerly the home of
Upper the banker Felix M. Warburg,
is a fine example of the
West French Renaissance style that
Side
typified these mansions.
Central
Park
Beaux Arts
Midtown Opulent style,
West and created for the
the Theater richest of owners,
District Upper is exemplified by
East Side the Beaux Arts
grandeur of the
Frick mansion.

Upper
Midtown Modernism
The Seagram Building’s sleek
Lower bronze-and-glass walls, scant
Midtown decoration and the monu mental
scale typify postwar architecture
(see p173).
The Skyscraper
The glory of New York
architecture, these buildings
expressed a perfect blend
of practical engineering skill
and fabulous decoration,
East R iver such as this gargoyle on
the Chrysler Building.
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Brooklyn

Tenements
Constructed as an
economic form of
housing, these buildings
were for many a stark
introduction to new lives.
Mainly built on the
Lower East Side, the
apartments were
hopelessly over -
crowded. In addition,
Federal Architecture the buildings’ design,
Federal style was popular in civic with inadequate air
architecture of the 19th century; shafts, resulted in
City Hall combines it with French apartments with little
Renaissance influences. or no ventilation.

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