The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World's Fair to a Virginia Hbcu

by Bryan Clark Green, Katherine M. Kuenzli, Kathleen James-Chakraborty

A singular architectural landmark bridging western Europe and the American South

How did the Belgian Friendship Building, originally constructed for the 1939 New York World's Fair--and one of only a few surviving buildings from that celebrated exhibition--end up on the campus of an HBCU in Richmond, Virginia? In this richly illustrated book, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Katherine Kuenzli, and Bryan Clark Green relate the fascinating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813952964
• ISBN13: 9780813952963
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 336 Pages