Today I all but literally stumbled over your [wonderful] blog for the first time through a series of links. This entry reminded me of an art exhibit I saw once at the Met: Art and the Empire City. If you are not familiar with the book, it seems to be something you’d love. Congratulations on graduation and I’ll keep an eye out for you at St. Agnes. :)
WOW! This Dewey Arch is really cool. I didn’t know you got such phantastic historic buildings in America. The USA has many nice buildings too, but this one actually has the Quality of those European Masterpieces, it looks almost like historic buildings in Dresden, Paris or Vienna….incredible, i would never have thought that in NYC of all places you get Architecture like this.
It’s a shame they had not built it, i just read that
it was only a kind of sample, made of wood and plaster, and that they tore it down after only one year….shame! General Dewey’s popularity had waned, so they had deciced not to build it. Well, if i had been in charge, i would have built it nevertheless, and named after Lincoln, Whitman, whoever. Or, the “George Washingon Gate”? Why not? He would have deserved this honour. I would have built it, named it after someone else, there are great personalities enough in the USA. Well , what a shame we will never see this phantastic Arch in NYC……..
By the way: very nice Site, Andrew! Great! I found it by accident, whilst searching for examples of modernist Architecture (as you have gathered i am more into the historic thing), and when i discovered that in Albany they had such a example of how NOT to do it, i just found your site. I gathered by your comment (“crime against humanity”) that you take a critical standpoint towards this kind of “modern” architecture, too. (actually it’s totally “not modern”, but architects keep on building those blocks….awful, isn’t it? ) OK thanks for those news that NYC had such a great Arch, i did not know about it at all!
all the best,
greetings
Peter
— Peter13 Oct 2006 11:07 pm
There are excellent photographs of the arch and ceremonies there with the admiral. See Mary Black’s Old New York in Early Photographs.
— Hanoch McCarty12 Dec 2006 10:54 am
was looking for some info on this arch on Google and came across ur site. just thought i’d let u know that i recently came into possession of some original glass plate negatives of this arch. not sure if they are copies of original negs or if they are the originals. they come complete with the original envelope they were in with the info of where they were taken and when. the photos are circa 1889 1900 (as per the dates) and i would be happy to send copies of the positives when i have scanned them for ur site if u are interested!
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Today I all but literally stumbled over your [wonderful] blog for the first time through a series of links. This entry reminded me of an art exhibit I saw once at the Met: Art and the Empire City. If you are not familiar with the book, it seems to be something you’d love. Congratulations on graduation and I’ll keep an eye out for you at St. Agnes. :)
Thank you kindly! I think I may have accidentally deleted one of your previous comments; my apologies!
I’ve only had a brief flip through the book of Art and the Empire City. I definitely have to give it a closer look once I get back to New York.
WOW! This Dewey Arch is really cool. I didn’t know you got such phantastic historic buildings in America. The USA has many nice buildings too, but this one actually has the Quality of those European Masterpieces, it looks almost like historic buildings in Dresden, Paris or Vienna….incredible, i would never have thought that in NYC of all places you get Architecture like this.
It’s a shame they had not built it, i just read that
it was only a kind of sample, made of wood and plaster, and that they tore it down after only one year….shame! General Dewey’s popularity had waned, so they had deciced not to build it. Well, if i had been in charge, i would have built it nevertheless, and named after Lincoln, Whitman, whoever. Or, the “George Washingon Gate”? Why not? He would have deserved this honour. I would have built it, named it after someone else, there are great personalities enough in the USA. Well , what a shame we will never see this phantastic Arch in NYC……..
By the way: very nice Site, Andrew! Great! I found it by accident, whilst searching for examples of modernist Architecture (as you have gathered i am more into the historic thing), and when i discovered that in Albany they had such a example of how NOT to do it, i just found your site. I gathered by your comment (“crime against humanity”) that you take a critical standpoint towards this kind of “modern” architecture, too. (actually it’s totally “not modern”, but architects keep on building those blocks….awful, isn’t it? ) OK thanks for those news that NYC had such a great Arch, i did not know about it at all!
all the best,
greetings
Peter
There are excellent photographs of the arch and ceremonies there with the admiral. See Mary Black’s Old New York in Early Photographs.
was looking for some info on this arch on Google and came across ur site. just thought i’d let u know that i recently came into possession of some original glass plate negatives of this arch. not sure if they are copies of original negs or if they are the originals. they come complete with the original envelope they were in with the info of where they were taken and when. the photos are circa 1889 1900 (as per the dates) and i would be happy to send copies of the positives when i have scanned them for ur site if u are interested!