Architecture Walks: The Best Outings Near New York City

Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expressions of the most modern design, authors Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison guide you on a tour of inspiring, informative, and aesthetically intriguing architectural treasures in and around the New York area. Early colonial saltboxes, as-yet-unfinished contemporary structures on college campuses, nineteenth-century follies, Gilded Age palaces, lighthouses, windmills, romantic ruins-- the pages of this delightful book, filled with adventures, treat readers to sites within approximately two hours' driving time from New York City. With book in hand readers will marvel at college campuses, small villages, planned and utopian communities, National Historic Sites, castles and forts, churches and temples of architectural interest, and even a Buddhist monastery, all in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, the eastern edge of Pennsylvania, and Delaware. By including descriptions of architectural styles, suggestions for special adventures, and lists of jaunts arranged by architect or designer, architectural style, and particular types of sites, Rosenfeld and Harrison help make day trips even more enjoyable. Whether explorers or armchair adventurers, readers of all ages will find something that captures their interest in the nearly one hundred sites and forty photos included in Architecture Walks.

Table of Contents:
Preface      CONNECTICUT           Iconic Modernism                The Glass House of Philip Johnson, New Canaan           Three Eighteenth-Century Architectural Treasures on the Connecticut Shore                Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob; Ogden House, Fairfield; and Judson House, Stratford           Two Architectural Eccentricities                Gillette Castle and Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam           A Bustling, Carefuly Preserved Colonial Village                Litchfield           A Modernist Church in the Shape of a Fish                First Presbyterian Church, Stamford           From McKim, Mead & White to Cesar Pelli                The Architects of Waterbury           A Walk Through the ``Jewel of Long Island Sound''                Southport           Tradition Meets the Contemporary                Yale University Architecture, New Haven           Exuberant Victoriana                The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Norwalk           Exceptional Stained Glass, Both Traditional and Modern                Bethel, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Stamford, and Waterbury           Historic Sites in a Coastal Community                Guilford           Contrasting Architectural Neighbors                Bridgeport                And Keep in Mind           Berlin Historic District           Two Forts Near New Haven           Hotchkiss Clocktower, Sharon           Milford's Wharf Lane Complex      NEW YORK STATE: LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, EAST           Sunnyside                One of America's Favorite Houses, Irvington           Frank Lloyd Wright's ``Usonia''                A Planned Community, Pleasantville           Buddhist Symbols and Influences in Rural Putnam County                Chuang Yen Monastery, Carmel           Boscobel                A Hudson River Estate in the Federal Style, Garrison           Manitoga/The Russell Wright Center                Unique Architecture by a Noted Twentieth-Century Designer of Decorative Arts, Garrison           Philipsburg Manor                Northern Plantation Style, Tarrytown           Lyndhurst                A Romantic Castle, Tarrytown           Kykuit                Palatial Glamour in a Classical Revival Estate, Pocantico Hills And Keep in Mind           The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow: A Very Early House of Worship, North Tarrytown           Union Church of Pocantico Hills: Where Chagall and Architecture Meet           Van Cortlandt Manor: An Example of a Dutch Patent House, Croton-On-Hudson      NEW YORK STATE: MID-HUDSON VALLEY, EAST           The Italianate Style of America's Renaissance Man                Samuel F. B. Morse's Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie           Spectacular Campus Additions Frank Gehry and Rafael Vinoly           A McKim, Mead & White Extravaganza in the Beaux Arts Style                The Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park           Alexander Jackson Davis and Andrew Jackson Downing Join Forces on a Hudson River Estate                Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson           Touring Architectural History on a Venerable Campus                Vassar College, Poughkeepsie           The Artist's Imagination in a Dramatic Moorish Palace                Olana, Hudson           The ``Picturesque'' in Architecture and Landscape Design                Wilderstein, Rhinebeck           Richard Upjohn's Venture into Secular Italianate Architecture                Lindenwald, the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook           Mills Mansion                A McKim, Mead & White Estate, Staatsburg And Keep in Mind           Wing's Castle, Millbrook           Clermont, Germantown      NEW YORK STATE: WEST OF THE HUDSON           The Stone Houses of Huguenot Street                New Paltz           Romantic Castle Ruins on an Island                Bannerman's Castle, Pollepel Island           Environmental Art---Or Architecture                Opus 40, Woodstock           A Victorian Waterfront Village                Historic Rondout, Kingston           Exploring the Stockade District                Kingston           A Rustic Village of Early Dutch and Huguenot Design                Hurley           Gothic Splendor at the United States Military Academy                West Point And Keep in Mind                The ``Cottages'' of Elegant Onteora Park, Jewett      NEW YORK STATE: LONG ISLAND           Old Bethpage Village Restoration                Rural Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Long Island           Melding East and West                The Charles B. Wang Center at Suny-Stony Brook           The Gilded Life                Three Glamorous Estates of the Early Twentieth Century: Eagle's Nest (the Vanderbilt Museum), Centerport; Westbury House, Old Westburg; and Falaise, Sands Point           A Gothic Revival Landmark                The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City           Beachfront, Deco-Era Icon                Jones Beach, Wantagh           In Search of Historic Architecture                Stony Brook, Setauket, East Setauket, and Smithtown           Roslyn Preserves the Past                Visiting Cedarmere and Other Pleasures of the Nineteenth Century           Exploring the Long Island Lighthouse                Eaton's Neck Light, Huntington Harbor Light, Old Field Light, Stepping Stones Light, and Others           Looking at Windmills on the Eastern end of Long Island                Water Mill Museum, Beebe Windmill, Hook Windmill, and Pantigo Windmill And Keep in Mind           First Presbyterian Church, Glen Cove           Brooklyn Waterworks, Freeport           Rock Hall Museum, Lawrence           Saint George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead      NEW JERSEY           An Early Quaker Community with a Colonial and Federal Streetscape                Mount Holly           Where Thomas Edison Lived and Worked                Glenmont and the Edision National Historic Sites, West Orange           A Colonial Streetscape on the Delaware                The Well-Preserved Town of Burlington           Princetion Unversity's Startling Contemporary Additions to its Gothic Campus                Princeton           A Bauhaus-Inspired Utopian Village                Roosevelt           Guardians of the New Jersey Coastline                The Lighthouse as Architecture: Sandy Hook, Barnegat, Navesink, Cape May, Hereford Inlet, East Point, Finn's Point           Craftsman Farms                The Arts and Carfts Aesthetic, Morris Plains           A Victorian Village on the Shore                The Planned Community of Ocean Grove           Three Archtectural Wonders at Liberty State Park                Railroad Terminal, Environmental, Center, and Eillis Island           A Victorian Streetscape of Decorative Houses                Belvidere           Rural Villages of the Past                Walnfod, Allaire, Batsto, and Feltville           A Fanciful Victorian Seaside Resort                Cape May           An Eighteenth-Century Moravian Village Built of Stone                Hope           Architectural Pleasures in a Historic Town Setting                Perth Amboy           Architectural Pleasures in a Historic Town Setting                Perth Amboy           Skylands                A Deliberately ``Aged'' Mansion, Ringwood                     John Russell Pope                And Keep in Mind           Dickinson House: A Patterned Brick House in Alloway Township           A Picturesque Railroad Station, Tenafly           Buccleigh: A Georgian Mansion, New Brunswick           The Ruins of Undercliff: ``Bloomer's Beach,'' Englewood           The Ruins of Long Pond, Hewitt           A Riverside Mill and Historic Village, Clinton           A Lois Kahn Icon: The ``Trenton'' Bathhouse, Ewing      DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIA           From Georgian Brick to Gothic Revival                The Historic River Town of New Castle, Delaware           Grey Towers                A French-Style Chateau in Rural Pennsylvaina, Milford           Pyramids, Gothic Arches, and Classical Temples                West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania           Modernism Meets Symbolism                Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania           Henry Chapman Mercer Leaves his ``Arts and Crafts'' Mark on a Small Town                Doylestown, Pennsylvania           A Walking Tour Through a Trasure Trove of Historic Houses                Doylestown, Pennsylvania           A Nineteenth-Century Railroad Viaduct Balancing Progress and Natural Beauty                Starrucca Viaduct, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania                And Keep in Mind           An Architectural Drive Through Northeastern Pennsylvania                From Milford to Cortez           A Historic Village and William Penn's Estate                Fallsington and Morrisville, Pennsylvania           An Early Roebling Suspension Bridge           Lackwaxen, Pennsylvania Glossary of Architectural Styles in the Region  Choosing an Outing

About the Author :
LUCY D. ROSENFELD is the author of more than twenty-five books on art, travel, and architecture, including The Architect's Garden: 45 Original Landscapes.MARINA HARRISON, an editor, has published eight books with Lucy D. Rosenfeld, among them History Walks in New Jersey and A Guide to Green New Jersey, featured in the New York Times (both Rutgers University Press). Lifelong friends, the authors continue to work together on a variety of projects.

Review :
"In Architecture Walks we get an engaging confluence of architecture and history. You should buy Architecture Walks and stick it in the car, in case you ever find yourself with time on your hands-and have another copy in the house to plan a trip. It's a splendid addition to the New Jersey bookshelf and I can't wait to hit the road." (The Beachcomber)