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Intro
Contents
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
Portfolio: Duke House
Maps: Mansions on the Upper East Side
1 The City Beautiful, Zoning, and Preservation on New York's Upper East Side
2 A "Gilded Stall" for the Progressive Era: Fabricating Aristocracy on Fifth Avenue
3 Building in "Splendid Style": Duke House and the Development of the Cook Block
4 Beaux-Arts Architects and Their Mansions
5 Mr. Duke Builds His Dream House
6 "Good Taste" and the Making of Duke House: Francophilia, Architecture, and Adaptation
7 Commissioning Interiors: Carlhian and Duveen at Duke House
8 Dukes to Profs: Robert Venturi's primum opus on 78th Street
9 Renovation and Illumination: Richard Kelly at the Institute
10 Preservation on the Cook Block: An Architect's Perspective
Select Bibliography
Illustrations
Index of Persons and Organizations
Index of Buildings and Places.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
Portfolio: Duke House
Maps: Mansions on the Upper East Side
1 The City Beautiful, Zoning, and Preservation on New York's Upper East Side
2 A "Gilded Stall" for the Progressive Era: Fabricating Aristocracy on Fifth Avenue
3 Building in "Splendid Style": Duke House and the Development of the Cook Block
4 Beaux-Arts Architects and Their Mansions
5 Mr. Duke Builds His Dream House
6 "Good Taste" and the Making of Duke House: Francophilia, Architecture, and Adaptation
7 Commissioning Interiors: Carlhian and Duveen at Duke House
8 Dukes to Profs: Robert Venturi's primum opus on 78th Street
9 Renovation and Illumination: Richard Kelly at the Institute
10 Preservation on the Cook Block: An Architect's Perspective
Select Bibliography
Illustrations
Index of Persons and Organizations
Index of Buildings and Places.