Antiquity in Gotham

Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis is Associate Professor of Liberal Studies and Middle Eastern Studies. She is also the Executive Officer of the MA Program in Liberal Studies at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York.

• List of Figures viiIntroduction: From the Appian Way to Broadway 1Why Antiquity?, 2 • Methodologies, Evidence, and Themes:Archaeology, Reception Studies, and the Neo-Antique,3 • Organization of the Chapters, 81. Herculean Efforts: New York City's Infrastructure 13The Grid, 14 • Rivaling Rome and the Sphinx: The Croton Aqueductand Murray Hill Distributing Reservoir, 15 • Bridging the East Riverin Style: The Manhattan Bridge, 18 • Train Stations: Appropriatingthe Colonnades and Baths of Imperial Rome, 24 • Conclusions, 342. The Genius of Architecture: Ancient Muses and Modern Forms 35The Parthenon on Wall Street: The US Custom House, 37 • BrooklynBorough Hall, the Manhattan Municipal Building, and FoleySquare, 43 • The Tombs, 51 • Conclusions, 553. Treasuries of Old and Treasuries of New 57Banks, 58 • Warehouses and Commercial Lofts, 63 • The First andSecond Merchants' Exchanges, 68 • The New York Stock Exchange, 71• Skyscrapers, 74 • Modernism and Its Debt to Classical Architecture: The Seagram Building, 82 • Conclusions, 824. Modern Museions 85The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 87 • The Brooklyn Institute of Artsand Sciences, 90 • Temples to Monkeys, Birds, and Lions:The Architecture of the New York Zoological Society, 94 • TheNew York State Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History, 96 • Pantheons and a Stadium:The Architecture of New York's Universities, 100 • PublicLibraries, 108 • Conclusions, 1095. Togas at Home 111Domestic Architecture and the Greek Revival Style in New YorkCity, 112 • The Tredwell Home, 114 • Residences in New YorkCity after the Civil War, 115 • Pompeian Rooms in New YorkCity, 116 • The Mansion and Greco-Pompeian Music Roomof Henry G. Marquand, 119 • Aspirational Antiquity: Décor andDesign for the Middle Classes, 128 • Apartment Buildings:Classical Forms in the Sky, 129 • Conclusions, 1316. Dining Like Nero 133The Development of the Lobster Palaces, 133 • Murray's RomanGardens, 136 • The Café de l'Opéra, 150 • Conclusions, 1547. To Be Buried Like a Pharaoh 155New York's Cemeteries before 1838, 156 • Green-Woodand Woodlawn, 159 • Classical Temples to New York's Emperorsand Gods, 161 • Obelisks, Pyramids, Temples, and a Barque Kiosk, 165 • Conclusions, 1728. Heroic New Yorkers 174Arches to Washington, 177 • The Soldiers' and Sailors'Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, 183 • The Column toColumbus, 192 • Monuments in Early Twentieth-CenturyNew York, 196 • Conclusions, 1989. Eclectic Antiquity 200Snug Harbor and Grecian Temple Churches, 200 • BathingCulture in New York City, 204 • Fraternal Organizations:The Grand Masonic Lodge and the Pythian Temple, 209 •Theaters, 211 • Conclusions, 212Reflections: Useable Pasts and Neo-Antique Futures 213Glossary 219Acknowledgments 223Notes 227References 253Index 273