The Armory School on Carnegie Hill.
On air 9/28/67WNYC COMMENT #74 By Robert C. WeinbergTranscript:THE ARMORY SCHOOL ON CARNEGIE HILLFor many years residents of the Carnegie Hill neighborhood of the Upper East Side, in the nineties, have...
View ArticleRobert C. Weinberg on Daniel P. Moynihan.
Robert C. Weinberg reports:"Architecture in a time of trouble", a speech by Daniel Patrick Moynihan to alumni of Harvard Graduate School of Design.Moynihan heads MIT-Harvard Institute for Advanced...
View ArticleCarol Laise Bunker
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.November 28, 1967Carol Laise (November 14, 1917 – July 25, 1991) was an American...
View ArticleWolf Von Eckardt
Patricia Marx interviews Wolf von Eckardt, architecture critic for the Washington Post and author of the recently released book, A Place to Live: The Crisis of the Cities. In the interview, von Eckardt...
View ArticleEdwin Fancher: Change and Continuity in Greenwich Village
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) works to preserve the architectural heritage and cultural history of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. In the mid-1990s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Deflect a Wrecking Ball with a Violin
If you walked by the front of Carnegie Hall 50 years ago today, you would have seen a large crowd gathering, a brass ensemble from the Citywide Junior High School Orchestra sitting, and a small...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Life and Work of Frank Gehry
Legendary architect Frank Gehry discusses his life and work, alongside his biographer, Pulitzer Prize–winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger, who wrote Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank...
View ArticleMovable Walls
On Around New York, Robert C. Weinberg advocates for movable walls to become a common fixture in apartment buildings and rented by the square foot, as it is in office buildings. This is in response to...
View ArticlePlazas and Skyscrapers
In this segment of Around New York, Robert C. Weinberg comments on a recent headline for a new skyscraper claiming to enhance Park Avenue. He argues that these new skyscrapers do not at all enhance...
View ArticlePurpose of his Programs
Weinberg discusses the purpose of his programs. He usually gets his material from The Sunday Times, The Riverdale Press, The Villager, and the Patent Trader. Weinberg says his talks take three...
View ArticleGood Architects Get into the Act
Weinberg talks about Mayor Lindsay's decision to hire good architects' for city buildings and urban planning - people such as Lawrence Halprin, Paul Rudolph, Ulrich Franzen, Kenzo Tange, and...
View ArticleBuildings on Wards Island
Weinberg is "distressed and dismayed" by the aesthetics of the Manhattan State Hospital. He calls it a "dismal towering bulk" and the worst example of a bureaucratic style of design. Weinberg contrasts...
View ArticleOffices in Suburbia
Discusses the community of Purchase, N.Y. in Westchester County.Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC CollectionWNYC archives id: 150087Municipal archives id: T1944
View ArticleMuseum of Modern Art Symposium On Transportation Graphics
Weinberg reports on a transportation graphic design symposium at MoMA. He talks about the subway system of Milan, Montreal, and Boston. (Note: audio low levels / poor quality).Audio courtesy of the NYC...
View ArticleSculpture in Our Streets
Weinberg discusses sculpture in our streets. He especially enjoys the William Tart sculpture at the entrance of the The New School. Weinberg likes how the sculpture complements the New School building....
View ArticleLincoln Center Revisitied
On this episode of Around New York with Robert C. Weinberg, "Lincoln Center Revisited," the host gives an updated commentary on newly opened and remodeled buildings at the Lincoln Center. He criticizes...
View ArticleNew Church Structures next to Old
In this segment of Around New York, Robert C. Weinberg discusses new church buildings that compliment the main historic structure. He highlights an addition to the First Presbyterian Church on Fifth...
View ArticleLincoln Center Revisited: Getting There and Back
On Around New York, Robert C. Weinberg continues his commentary on the Lincoln Center. He criticizes the lack of planning for public and private transportation for a cultural complex that may...
View ArticleStorefront Churches Resurrected
Weinberg comments on various attempts in poor areas to rehabilitate buildingsfor churches. He talks mostly about architect Victor Lundy's Church of the Resurrection located at 325 east 101st street....
View ArticleThe Civic Center Synagogue
Robert Weinberg discusses William Braeger's new Civic Center Synagogue on 49 White Street, New York, NY.Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC CollectionWNYC archives id: 150046Municipal...
View ArticleJefferson Market Library
Commentary concerning the turning of Jefferson Market Courthouse, Greenwich Village into New York Public Library's Jefferson Branch Library.Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC...
View ArticleOpen Space Protests
On Around New York, Robert C. Weinberg comments on recent activism to preserve natural open spaces that have been planned for highway construction across New York state. He discusses a student protest...
View ArticleRegional Planning Association Annual Conference
Weinberg reports on the Regional Planning Association's Annual Conference. He notes the large number of attendees and the notable figures that attended the conference. Topics include the location of...
View ArticleFord Foundation
Commentary on the Ford Foundation's new building designed by architect Kevin Roche.Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC CollectionWNYC archives id: 150051Municipal archives id: T1952
View ArticleCurbing the Highway Men
Commentary on the planning of highways and the state legislation on highway construction.Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC CollectionWNYC archives id: 150049Municipal archives id: T1967
View ArticleKorvette's Herald Square
On Around New York, Robert C. Weinberg discusses the Korvette Department Store on Herald Square. He praises the project for giving a "new skin" and a new purpose to a sturdy existing building. "This...
View ArticleRelocating Cooper Union's Museum
Weinberg discusses the relocation of Cooper Union's Museum of the Decorative Arts (now called The Cooper-Hewitt Museum) from Astor Place to the Carnegie Mansion of 5th Avenue and 90th Street.Audio...
View ArticleThat Little Church around the Corner
Description of renovation of Christian Science Church, Macdougal St., Greenwich VillageAudio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC CollectionWNYC archives id: 150043Municipal archives id: T1959
View ArticlePepsi Cola on the Move
Weinberg discusses the Pepsi-Cola Co. building at 59th St. and Park Ave. He talks about the new headquarters being built in Westchester County in Harrison, New York and how major businesses in general...
View ArticleSt. Brendan’s Church
Weinberg discusses additions to St. Brendan’s Church at East 207th Street and Perry Avenue in the Bronx. The work was done by the firm of by Belfatto and Paverini.Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal...
View ArticleEncouraging Outdoor Dining
Weinberg discusses outdoor dining and sidewalk eating regulations in New York City.Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC CollectionWNYC archives id: 150061Municipal archives id: T1962
View ArticleMontefiore's Sleek New Tower
Weinberg comments on the tower as a form of architectural concept. He discusses the Chicago Tribune building, the work of Eliel Saarinen, the American Radiator Tower, the Pan-Hellenic Tower, and the...
View ArticleAda Louise Huxtable: Can there be a New York - the Beautiful?
Irving M. Levine Interviews the influential _New York Times_ architectural critic Ada Louise Huxtable, who has been active in preservation work, but who admires New York's vitality more than a...
View ArticleTrump Tower commentary
John Updike comments, via WNYC, on the proposed Trump World Tower.WNYC archives id: 12516
View ArticleTracing the Lives of the World's Most Iconic Buildings
James Crawford discusses his book Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings From the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers, which reveals the history, archaeology and stories...
View ArticleThe Stories Behind The World's Most Iconic Buildings
James Crawford discusses his book Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings From the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers, which reveals the history, archaeology and stories...
View ArticleNational Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
From the New School, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials' Harold Berger introduces a set of speakers to help with definitions and possible solutions of the "urban...
View ArticleInterview with Harmon Goldstone, Chairman of the Landmarks Preservation...
On this WNYC Special Report, Richard Pyatt interviews Harmon Hendricks Goldstone, Chairman of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The discussion begins with a recent decision by the...
View Article[Cast iron fronts]
The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1969-uu-uu.Robert Weinberg on iron façades in Manhattan's "The valley",...
View Article[Bridgehampton gas stations]
The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1969-uu-uu.Robert Weinberg on new gas stations in Bridgehampton to the...
View ArticlePreservation, an Obstacle to Development?
The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 197u-uu-uu.Preservation: an Obstacle to Development?Donald Elliot,...
View ArticleGerard Wolfe
Gerard Wolfe discusses his 1975 New York, a Guide to the Metropolis: Walking Tours of Architecture and History, his influential guide to the city.WNYC archives id: 72791
View ArticleWright and the Guggenheim
This Monday, the Guggenheim Museum celebrates 60 years since the opening of its arresting Frank Lloyd Wright building on Fifth Avenue. As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us, the building and New York had much...
View ArticleThe MAS Annual Awards
The Municipal Art Society's Margot Wellington, Executive Director moderates the panel. Her guests are awardees of certificates of merit from the MAS. Hayward Cirker of Dover Publication, artist Red...
View ArticleLittle Places and Pleasures
Laurie Beckelman of the Municipal Art Society is moderator. She discusses little places and pleasures of the city with John Tauranac, marketing editor of the MTA and author of the Culture Bus...
View ArticleWalking in the City
Moderator Laurie Beckelman is the assistant director of the Municipal Art Society. She talks about the MAS walking tour program with Barry Lewis an instructor at the New School and coordinator of MAS's...
View ArticleSave the Imperial Hotel
On this segment of Around New York, Robert C. Weinberg comments on the disappearance of grand hotels with excellent public entertainment areas such as the old Ritz-Carlton, the Ambassador, and the...
View Article2 Columbus Circle Preservation
Interviews of Tom Wolfe, Simeon Bankoff of the Preservation Commission, and others about plans by the Museum of Art and Design to renovate 2 Columbus Circle.WNYC archives id: 87061
View ArticleCouncil Hearing on Landmarks Preservation Commission
Interview of architectural historian Michael Henry Adams who has complaints about the Landmarks Preservation Commission and the way they choose which buildings they preserve. (He would later be removed...
View ArticleRecycling Theft/Domino Sugar Refinery Preservation/Legal Assistance for...
Interview on a crackdown against people stealing recyclables. Interview of Robert Tierney of the Landmarks Preservation Commission about the approval of the preservation of the Domino Sugar Refinery...
View Article
