Posh Portals: The Entrances to New York's Grandest Apartment Buildings

by Andrew Alpern

This handsome, oversized book introduces us to the grandest entrances of New York City's residential buildings. These posh portals come in an array of forms and styles, such as the porte cochere, with a passage to admit carriages or motor cars; the classic awning, originally meant to be retracted in good weather; and Neoclassical, Romanesque, and Gothic revivals.

Architectural historian Andrew Alpern highlights approximately 140 entrances,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789213796
• ISBN13: 9780789213792
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.4" x 12.2"