Events August 2024

130 E. 64th St., Edward Durell Stone, 1956.
LocalWalking Tour

Walking Tour: Modern Architecture of the Upper East Side

August 4, 2024

Join DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State President John Arbuckle for this Municipal Art Society walking tour of the Upper East Side’s Modern gems. Amidst the neighborhood’s celebrated array of Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival and other landmarks can be found important examples of Modern architecture designed by some of the country’s most prominent and influential 20th-century architects. Discover Modern highlights in the East 60s and 70s, in and near the Upper East Side Historic District, including some of New York’s earliest remaining examples. This tour will visit residential and institutional buildings designed by William Lescaze, Philip Johnson, Edward Durell Stone, Paul Rudolph, Gordon Bunshaft of SOM, Marcel Breuer and others.

Sunday August 4, 11:00 am
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