In 1982, a dozen admirers of Art Deco held the first meeting of the newly incorporated Art Deco Society of New York. Interest in the modernistic styles of the 1920s and ‘30s had been growing worldwide since a seminal Paris retrospective exhibition of 1966, and a number of New York’s Deco superstars--Radio City Music Hall, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building--had found shelter under the city’s 1965 Landmarks Law. The revival of interest in Art Deco, however, was still in its early days.
Forty years later, Art Deco may be the single most recognizable architectural style in New York City, where more than 80 individual Deco buildings have won Landmarks protection, along with dozens more in historic districts, including a stretch of the Grand Concourse.
In this richly illustrated talk, Anthony W. Robins--who joined ADSNY while the Society was still getting organized and currently serves as its Vice President-- traces the extraordinary growth of New York’s fascination with Art Deco architecture and its rocky road to acceptance in historic preservation circles. He will revisit resounding victories, from rescuing Radio City in the late 1970s to the interiors of the Waldorf-Astoria in 2017.
He also highlights major restorations, including the Empire State Building’s lobby, and recount some of the lamentable losses--from Bonwit Teller, demolished in 1980, to the McGraw Hill Building lobby, stripped to the walls in 2021--serving as a reminder that there is still work to be done.
Anthony W. Robins has been guiding natives and visitors to the city’s wonders of steel and stone for twenty-five years. He has led hundreds of walking tours of New York history and architecture. In 2017, the Guides Association of New York City honored him with the “Guiding Spirit Award.” He lectures on New York history and architecture to audiences both in the United States and abroad and has authored five books, as well as many newspaper and magazine articles. His latest award-winning book, New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham’s Jazz Age Architecture, explores Art Deco throughout the five boroughs.
To learn more about the Art Deco Society of New York (ADSNY),
please visit: www.artdeco.org/
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