Old New York Evening Post Building
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The Old New York Evening Post Building is the former office and printing plant of the New York Evening Post
newspaper located at 20 Vesey Street in lower Manhattan.
It was built in 1906 by architect Robert D. Kohn
and designated a New York City Landmark on November 23, 1965.
It is "one of the few outstanding Art nouveau
buildings" ever constructed in the United States.
The fourteen story, stone-veneer building is "reminiscent of the buildings that line the boulevards of Paris". It features three tall bays of cast-iron framed bow windows, separated by pale limestone piers. There is an elaborate copper-covered mansard roof, two stories high and four elaborate sculpted figures. The statues depict the Four Periods of Publicity; two are by Gutzon Borglum
, sculptor of Mount Rushmore
, and two by the architect's wife Estelle Rumbold Kohn.
Oswald Garrison Villard
owned the Post at the time the building was constructed.
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission was headquartered in the building from 1980 to 1987.
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
newspaper located at 20 Vesey Street in lower Manhattan.
It was built in 1906 by architect Robert D. Kohn
Robert D. Kohn
Robert D. Kohn was an American architect most active in New York City.- Life :Kohn was born in Manhattan, attended Columbia University, and spent four years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, from 1891 through 1895. After brief stints for other architects, he established an independent...
and designated a New York City Landmark on November 23, 1965.
It is "one of the few outstanding Art nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
buildings" ever constructed in the United States.
The fourteen story, stone-veneer building is "reminiscent of the buildings that line the boulevards of Paris". It features three tall bays of cast-iron framed bow windows, separated by pale limestone piers. There is an elaborate copper-covered mansard roof, two stories high and four elaborate sculpted figures. The statues depict the Four Periods of Publicity; two are by Gutzon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum
Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, the famous carving on Stone Mountain near Atlanta, as well as other public works of art.- Background :The son of Mormon Danish immigrants, Gutzon...
, sculptor of Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States...
, and two by the architect's wife Estelle Rumbold Kohn.
Oswald Garrison Villard
Oswald Garrison Villard
Oswald Garrison Villard was an American journalist. He provided a rare direct link between the anti-imperialism of the late 19th century and the conservative Old Right of the 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:...
owned the Post at the time the building was constructed.
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission was headquartered in the building from 1980 to 1987.