Research Catalog

Title

IRT Subway System underground interior ... : Boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan : completed 1904 (contract 1), 1908 (contract 2) : Chief Engineer Samuel B. Parsons [sic] : architects Heins & LaFarge : [report] / Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Author

New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : The Commission, 1979.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932.
• Pearson, Marjorie.
• Framberger, David.
• Heins & LaFarge.

Description

12 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves; 28 cm.

Series Statement

• Designation list / Landmarks Preservation Commission ; 129
• New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission. Designation list ; 129.

Subjects

• Interborough Rapid Transit Company Buildings
• Subways > Decoration > New York (State) > New York
• Local transit > New York (State) > New York
• New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Tiles > New York (State) > New York > Themes, motives

Note

• Report prepared by Marjorie Pearson; with assistance from David Framberger.
• Caption title.
• Interiors feature brick or marble wainscoting, above which are white glass or glazed tile with classically derived moldings of glazed terra cotta or faience; faience plaques designate name of station. Work done by the Grueby Faience Company and the Rookwood Pottery Company.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliography (leaf [4] [2nd group])

OCLC

• 35087427
• ocm35087427

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries