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blockfront — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a front (as of a chest of drawers or a desk) characterized by a sunken center panel flanked on either side by a raised panel 2. : the frontage of a block : one side (as the main side) of a block with a portion of land… … Useful english dictionary
Goddard family — New England cabinetmakers. Of English ancestry, the Goddards intermarried with the Townsend family, equally famous cabinetmakers. John Goddard (1723–1785), the son of a carpenter, moved in the 1720s from Massachusetts to Newport, R.I., where he… … Universalium
Singer Building — Infobox Skyscraper building name = Singer Building previous building = Philadelphia City Hall year built = 1908 surpassed by building = Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower year highest = 1908 year end = 1909 location = New York City, USA… … Wikipedia
Richard Morris Hunt — (October 31 1827–July 31, 1895) was a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture. BiographyBorn at Brattleboro, Vermont, Hunt was the son of Jane Maria Leavitt, born to an influential family of Suffield, Connecticut, and Hon.… … Wikipedia
Walter Curt Behrendt — (December 16, 1884 ndash; April 26, 1945) was a German American architect and active advocate of German modernism. He was an authority on city planning and housing, editor of Die Form , and author of The Victory of the New Building Style among… … Wikipedia
Robert D. Kohn — The New York architect Robert D. Kohn, president of the American Institute of Architects in 1930 32, is best known for his temples and other structures for the Reform Jewish congregations of New York, notably the discreetly modernist Congregation … Wikipedia
B. Altman and Company — was a New York City based department store founded in 1865 by Benjamin Altman. It officially closed on December 31, 1989. One of the first American department stores to open out of town branches, Altman s eventually opened locations in… … Wikipedia
American Youth Hostels — American Youth Hostels, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization founded in 1934, whose formal name is Hostelling International USA (abbreviated HI USA ). It is the American member of Hostelling International. It is incorporated in… … Wikipedia
The Langham — Infobox nrhp name = The Langham nrhp type=cp caption = location = Manhattan, New York City, New York USA lat degrees = 40 lat minutes = 46 lat seconds = 38 lat direction = N long degrees = 73 long minutes = 58 long seconds = 30 long direction = W … Wikipedia
John Kellum — (1809 1871) was an American architect in practice in New York City.Kellum was trained as a carpenter, largely self taught in architecture, and was taken into partnership in 1846 by the well established New York architect Gamaliel King. Together… … Wikipedia
