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Baird (now Astor) Court, New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo), Bronx Park, south of East Fordham Road, The Bronx, Primates' (Monkey) House, Lion House, Large Bird House (now Administration West), Elephant House (now Zoo Center), Administration Building (now Administration East), and the North and West Stairs : built 1899-1910 : Heins & LaFarge, architects : Harold A. Caparn, landscape architect ... : [report]
- Title
- Baird (now Astor) Court, New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo), Bronx Park, south of East Fordham Road, The Bronx, Primates' (Monkey) House, Lion House, Large Bird House (now Administration West), Elephant House (now Zoo Center), Administration Building (now Administration East), and the North and West Stairs : built 1899-1910 : Heins & LaFarge, architects : Harold A. Caparn, landscape architect ... : [report] / Landmarks Preservation Commission.
- Author
- New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : The Commission, 2000.
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- Description
- 19 pages, 43 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 28 cm.
- Series Statement
- Designation list / Landmarks Preservation Commission ; 315
- New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission. Designation list ; 315.
- Subjects
- New York Zoological Park History
- New York Zoological Park > Astor Court > Buildings
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural > New York (State) > New York
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953
- Caparn, Harold A (Harold ap Rhys), 1864-1945
- New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Whitfield, Henry D., 1876-1949
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Animals in art
- Neoclassicism (Architecture) > New York (State) > New York
- Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950
- Heins & LaFarge
- Harvey, Eli, 1860-1957
- Note
- Caption title.
- "LP-1888."
- "Sculptural decoration by Eli Harvey, Charles R. Knight, and Alexander Phimister Proctor ; National Collection of Heads and Horns (now Security, Education and International Conservation Offices), built 1922, Henry D. Whitfield, architect."--P. [1].
- "Researched and written by Matthew A. Postal...and Joseph C. Brooks"--P. 14.
- "Baird (now Astor Court), New York Zoological Park, is a portion of the Bronx Zoo, consisting of the raised, landscaped terraces named Astor Court, the North and West Stairs leading up to the Court, and its six detached, brick and limestone neo-classical buildings around the central Sea Lion pool."--P. 2.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-17).
- OCLC
- 44807887
- ocm44807887
- SCSB-3891571
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries