The Municipal Art Society hosts a walking tour led by John Arbuckle, President of DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State, of the most iconic works of Modern architecture along Park Avenue. The seminal Seagram Building (1958), designed by Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson, was described by the critic Herbert Muschamp as “the millennium’s most important building.” Lever House (1952) and the former Pepsi-Cola Building (1960) are two of the most notable and elegant designs of Pritzker laureate Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The tour also considers lesser known Modern buildings and significant contemporary projects such as Rafael Viñoly’s controversial 432 Park Avenue (2016) and 425 Park Avenue (2020) by Foster + Partners. Participants will follow the route of a tour from Ada Louise Huxtable’s guide “Four Walking Tours of Modern Architecture in New York City,” jointly published by the Municipal Art Society and the Museum of Modern Art in 1961.

In-person tours are limited to 25 attendees and are held outdoors. Walking tours bring individuals into close proximity with each other, we therefore recommend that all tour goers wear masks during the tours, regardless of vaccination status. Your tour guide and your fellow tour participants will thank you for your cooperation. Should the tours happen to venture indoors, many places require masks and/or proof of vaccination.

Sunday April 10, 2:00 pm
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