How NYC’s Wall Street Architecture Reflects the Power of Finance | Architectural Digest 

I agree more of this

Agree 100%

Nah. I think more historic houses

@@annonymously331 but these are historic buildings

@@bloodtypena I think houses are more interesting

Trinity Church alone could be a fascinating hour!

there’s many many many beautiful and extremely historic parts of nyc, but wall street really captures our countries financial and political history, dating all the way back to the 1500’s, about 500 yrs ago.

Maybe Philadelphia

Some great designs !!

New York is already haven of architecture truly driverse with alot of cultural mixture.

It could be more expensive and wouldn't be much profitable for them maybe

As a european how did you find american/new york achitecture? any notable observations?

The evoked themes mostly were a direct command from the project owners. Architects were skilled artists back then, and most of them could design a general idea of what the group sculptures would look like. That was important so that the planned elevation was somehow whole and gave a trustworthy expression of what the facade would look like in the end. To what extend ? It mostly depended on the ornemental and designing skills of the architect. Some of them were very talented designers, and could precisely create sculptures or furnitures. It gave buildings a sense of unity in details. I.e., Viollet-le-Duc designed everything in his restorations, from columns capitals to stained glass, Percier & Fontaine were as much decorators as they were architects for Napoléon (I'm French, so I can give you french exemples mostly, sorry !). But this was still unusual, as it requires A LOT of work from an architect. And even though, for the most important buildings, tradition was to select famous architects for the building itself, and famous sculptors for group sculptures, so that all the most skillfull artists worked together. With the specialization of skills that happened in the late XIXth c., architects tend to focus on architecture itself, rather than on ornament, giving more aesthetic responsability to the sculptor. If so, the final aspect of the group sculptures was really given by the sculptor himself, who had guidelines (materials, dimensions, themes, scenery, etc) to base his work from. In that case, the first few planned general elevations could be intentionnaly vague concerning a pediment. Once the contractors were selected, the chosen sculptor would add a detailed drawing of what he had in mind for the group sculptures of a pediment. It's still how it goes today : you start with designing a general idea, and as the project grows in time, details are being added, until the final form and ornaments are designed on paper, prior to the construction itself. Keep in mind that I have absolutely no idea how it went in the specific case of Wall Street Stock Exchange. I tried to explain what I've understood from the many hours I've spent studying old architectural projects in archives and library's records. Hope it answers your question !

@@martinh.2585 thank you so much for this response. I just watched an American PBS special in Rebuilding Norte Dame and they spent quite a bit of time talking about Violette le Duc’s approach to restoring the Rose Window stain glass and his decision to rotate the rose window 15 on its axis for better stability. As an American with virtually no educations about architecture, the name in your response didn’t ring a bell until I rewatched the PBS documentary about an hour ago. I was notified about a response to one of my comments in this video and saw le-Duc’s name and as of today, I know he was. I have read and re-read your informative reply and I want to thank you for taking the time to write it. I learned even more.

Hi jaimie

It's still there-it has been landmarked and restored as part of its conversion from office space to luxury residential

The Red Room is allegedly still there (along with the shell ceiling in the obervatory)... despite not being protected as Interior Landmarks at the time of the renovation.

​@@nicholaspotts8728 I believe it was registered by the developers. It's really magnificent, but sadly not accessible to the public.

@@nicholaspotts8728 Never got to the observatory. No one even mentioned it when I worked there. Thanks for the info.

I imagine they showed it while talking about the "canyon" effect since it is also on Broadway (the canyon of heroes) and predated the 1916 resolution.

New York was founded in 1624

@whatapp922 You know if one a location in NYC of Old Citibank location would add that structure to my Flickr page.

And religion is better? How many wars have been fought because of religion? And finance is evil? You are responding to a video that your probably streamed on your laptop. Your computer, your internet, this video have been made possible because of finance yet your are here consuming everything evil.

how much money has The Vatican hoarded over the last few thousand years while it's donors live in abject poverty? Finance conquered religion a long time ago

@@EliF-ge5bu The average consensus amongst historians give us an estimate of just under 10% of recorded wars were fought solely due to religion. Not a good basis for an argument. Neither is claiming that someone who purchases things with money is a hypocrite for criticising a financial system. If that were the case, no one would be able to point out the problems with global warming, because we all contribute to global warming.

@@christofthedead what a baloney. under ten percent is not a good basis for argument? Whoever told you that? If your body temperature rises by ten percent, you will suffer severe consequences. The average temperature of the Earth is 13.9 Celsius, an increase of 2 Celsius, just a little over ten percent, has severe consequences for the weather.

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