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The Ionic Column

Posted on August 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

The story of 345 Allen Street can not be told without mention of a sister building located at 441 East Allen Street. Its the ionic columns that hold the secrets of greatness. Ionic is one of three column styles developed in ancient Greece. More slender and more ornate than the earlier Doric style, an Ionic […]

Olana

Posted on August 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

Olana was the 19th century home, studio and designed landscape of Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), his wife Isabel and their four children. The 250 acre historic estate features an elaborately stenciled, Persian-inspired mansion filled with original sketches, studies and paintings by one of the mid-19th century’s most famous artists. A diverse […]