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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures | vii
Introduction: From the Appian Way to Broadway | 1
Why Antiquity?, 2 • Methodologies, Evidence, and Themes:
Archaeology, Reception Studies, and the Neo-Antique,
3 • Organization of the Chapters, 8
1. Herculean Efforts: New York City’s Infrastructure | 13
The Grid, 14 • Rivaling Rome and the Sphinx: The Croton Aqueduct
and Murray Hill Distributing Reservoir, 15 • Bridging the East River
in Style: The Manhattan Bridge, 18 • Train Stations: Appropriating
the Colonnades and Baths of Imperial Rome, 24 • Conclusions, 34
2. The Genius of Architecture: Ancient Muses and Modern Forms | 35
The Parthenon on Wall Street: The US Custom House, 37 • Brooklyn
Borough Hall, the Manhattan Municipal Building, and Foley
Square, 43 • The Tombs, 51 • Conclusions, 55
3. Treasuries of Old and Treasuries of New | 57
Banks, 58 • Warehouses and Commercial Lofts, 63 • The First and
Second Merchants’ Exchanges, 68 • The New York Stock Exchange, 71
• Skyscrapers, 74 • Modernism and Its Debt to Classical Architecture:
The Seagram Building, 82 • Conclusions, 82
4. Modern Museions | 85
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 87 • The Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences, 90 • Temples to Monkeys, Birds, and Lions:
The Architecture of the New York Zoological Society, 94 • The
New York State Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt at the American
Museum of Natural History, 96 • Pantheons and a Stadium:
The Architecture of New York’s Universities, 100 • Public
Libraries, 108 • Conclusions, 109
5. Togas at Home | 111
Domestic Architecture and the Greek Revival Style in New York
City, 112 • The Tredwell Home, 114 • Residences in New York
City after the Civil War, 115 • Pompeian Rooms in New York
City, 116 • The Mansion and Greco-Pompeian Music Room
of Henry G. Marquand, 119 • Aspirational Antiquity: Décor and
Design for the Middle Classes, 128 • Apartment Buildings:
Classical Forms in the Sky, 129 • Conclusions, 131
6. Dining Like Nero | 133
The Development of the Lobster Palaces, 133 • Murray’s Roman
Gardens, 136 • The Café de l’Opéra, 150 • Conclusions, 154
7. To Be Buried Like a Pharaoh | 155
New York’s Cemeteries before 1838, 156 • Green-Wood
and Woodlawn, 159 • Classical Temples to New York’s Emperors
and Gods, 161 • Obelisks, Pyramids, Temples, and a
Barque Kiosk, 165 • Conclusions, 172
8. Heroic New Yorkers | 174
Arches to Washington, 177 • The Soldiers’ and Sailors’
Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, 183 • The Column to
Columbus, 192 • Monuments in Early Twentieth-Century
New York, 196 • Conclusions, 198
9. Eclectic Antiquity | 200
Snug Harbor and Grecian Temple Churches, 200 • Bathing
Culture in New York City, 204 • Fraternal Organizations:
The Grand Masonic Lodge and the Pythian Temple, 209 •
Theaters, 211 • Conclusions, 212
Reflections: Useable Pasts and Neo-Antique Futures | 213
Glossary | 219
Acknowledgments | 223
Notes | 227
References | 253
Index | 273
