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Lost New York: A Doge’s Palace in Manhattan

#LostNewYork: A Doge’s Palace in Manhattan?

The National Academy of Design in New York in 1894 (American Architect and Building News) New York used to have something like its own Doge’s Palace. The headquarters of what was then the National Academy of Design, now called the National Academy Museum and School, was housed in 1865 in a Venetian Gothic-style building designed by Peter Bonnett Wight. The lavish building had cost around…

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Lost New York: The New York Tribune Building

#LostNewYork: The New York Tribune Building

The New York Tribune Building in 1900, flanked by the New York World building, left, and the New York Times building, now 41 Park Row, right (Library of Congress) New York City has an unfortunate history of tearing down its monuments. The most infamous example is the old Penn Station, which was demolished and replaced by the ghastly Madison Square Garden between 1963 and 1969. Another is the New…

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