Lectures, Tours, Events
Discover Classical New York: Tour of Grosvenor Atterbury’s Forest Hills with Francis Morrone
Saturday, September 25; 2:00PM
Sponsored by Hilton-Vanderhorn Architects
Join us for a leisurely stroll through Forest Hills Gardens, recently ranked the Number 1 “cottage community” in the U.S. by Cottage Living magazine. This masterpiece of suburban planning was laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (son of the co-designer of Central and Prospect Park), the preeminent American landscape architect of his generation, with many houses and house prototypes designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, one of America’s most underrated architects (and subject of a recent monograph by ICA&CA Chairman Peter Pennoyer and ICA&CA Fellow Emeritus Anne Walker). We will also look at greater Forest Hills, a study in sometimes wonderful, sometimes jarring contrasts, with several notable works of architecture.
Meet rain or shine at the corner of Continental Avenue and Austin Street, one block from the 71st/Continental subway station of the F, R, and E lines at 1:45 pm sharp. The tour will last approximately 2 hours.
This tour is sold out. Too add your name to our waiting list (first come, first served), please call (212) 730-9646, ext. 109. The Institute will contact you by noon on Friday, September 24 if space is available.
Fall programming underwritten in part by Balmer Architectural Moulding.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York Council for the Humanities and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
