Co-Presented with the Historic Districts Council and the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America.

The Row House Reborn explores the rediscovery and complete redesign of obsolete and deteriorated New York City row houses in the early decades of the 20th century.  These old houses, considered a blight in many neighborhoods, were transformed by architects, owners, and real estate developers, who stripped the facades and added bright-colored stucco, tiles, flower boxes, artist-studio windows, and other artistic motifs to the facades; transformed the utilitarian rear yards into gardens; and rearranged interior plans so that major rooms overlooked these new landscapes.  This movement transformed neighborhoods such as Gramercy Park, the far East Side, and Greenwich Village, but now these redesigned houses are endangered as some owners seek to remove the early 20th-century alterations and “restore” the houses to their 19th-century character.

Library at the General Society, 20 West 44th Street. Space is limited and reservations are required. Cost/Learning Unit: FREE for Friends of HDC; FREE for full-time students with valid ID; $20 for the general public. 1 AIA/CES LU (Theory) is available. To reserve please call the ICA&CA reservations line (212) 730-9646, ext. 109 or register online. Register Now!