June 22, 2025 Woodlawn's Historic Landscapes and Architecture Walking Tour

woodlawn's historic landscapes and architecture

walking tour

 Join Andrew Dolkart for a special walking tour highlighting Woodlawn's notable landscape design and historic architecture. Woodlawn's noted landscapes and mausoleums are the work of many famous architects such as McKim, Meade and White, William Welles Bosworth, and Hunt and Hunt, and landscape designers including Ellen Biddle Shipman and the Olmsted Brothers. Andrew Dolkart is  a noted architectural historian and Professor of Historic Preservation in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University. He is the author of several award-winning books, including The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929; Biography of a Tenement House in New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street; and Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development. He is also the author of the first edition of the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Guide to New York City Landmarks.