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New York transformed : the architecture of Cross & Cross

Pennoyer, Peter, author, Walker, Anne, author, Stern, Robert A. M., author of introduction, etc, Cross & Cross, architect

Overview

The architects Cross & Cross shaped the streetscape and skyline of New York City in the 1920s and 1930s with Upper East Side townhouses and apartment buildings, the RCA Victor Building, and Tiffany's flagship store on 57th Street. Working through a period of American history that saw dramatic change, from luxurious apartment buildings during the economic boom of the 1920s, to federal commissions during the Depression, the brothers John and Eliot Cross were masters of their craft. Well-connected society men who also showed remarkable foresight in business, Cross & Cross supported their practice with a partnered real estate firm and played a vital role in residential developments like Sutton Place along the East River. Cross & Cross oversaw the development of handsome clubs and houses throughout New York City, including the Links Club and the Upper East Side houses of Lewis Spencer Morris and George Whitney. They designed country houses in exclusive residential pockets outside New York: the Southampton estate of Winterthur founder Henry Francis du Pont; houses on the North Shore of Long Island, and in Greenwich, Connecticut; the childhood home of Sister Parish in Far Hills, New Jersey; and the Shelburne, Vermont home of J. Watson and Electra Webb.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

• Publisher: The Monacelli Press
• Subject: Cross & Cross Catalogues raisonnâes. / Architecture New York (State) New York History 20th century. / New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
• ISBN: 9781580933803, 1580933807

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NA737.C77 A4 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE