Comments on: They don’t all hate us http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:19:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ed Hachey http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Ed Hachey Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:04:16 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/#comment-1735 The architects did a fantastic job of adding to - I think enhancing is a better word for it - the original mansion. The vertical thrust of the mansion was tamed by the horizontalness the addition brought to it. In answer to the last post's question - C.P.H. Gilbert designed both The Warburg Mansion and the Polish Consulate. Richard Morris Hunt may have brought the chateau style to Fifth Avenue with the W.K. Vanderbilt, Astor, Gerry, Lawrence and Schmidt mansions, but Gilbert seems to kept up with him in using this style for some of his Fifth Avenue commissions. Aside from the Warburg residence, he designed chateaus for F.W.Woolworth and Isaac Fletcher. The architects did a fantastic job of adding to – I think enhancing is a better word for it – the original mansion. The vertical thrust of the mansion was tamed by the horizontalness the addition brought to it.

In answer to the last post’s question – C.P.H. Gilbert designed both The Warburg Mansion and the Polish Consulate. Richard Morris Hunt may have brought the chateau style to Fifth Avenue with the W.K. Vanderbilt, Astor, Gerry, Lawrence and Schmidt mansions, but Gilbert seems to kept up with him in using this style for some of his Fifth Avenue commissions. Aside from the Warburg residence, he designed chateaus for F.W.Woolworth and Isaac Fletcher.

]]> By: PLK http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 PLK Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:58:28 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/#comment-1734 I’m curious, are the original architects who designed the Warburg Mansion, the same architects who designed the now Polish Consulate on 33rd and Madison Ave ; I believe that building was originally a home built for Vanderbilt family. I’m curious, are the original architects who designed the Warburg Mansion, the same architects who designed the now Polish Consulate on 33rd and Madison Ave ; I believe that building was originally a home built for Vanderbilt family.

]]> By: kd http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 kd Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:47:07 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/#comment-1733 In many cases, I would agree. But here, where the addition is actually an extension of the original, authenticity of details is important. In many cases, I would agree. But here, where the addition is actually an extension of the original, authenticity of details is important.

]]> By: Robert Thornton http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Robert Thornton Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:48:28 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/#comment-1732 I don't think that it's important that the addition be authentic in its details, only that it be harmonious with the original building. Now if one were to attempt to restore or renovate the original, then authenticity would be more important. I don’t think that it’s important that the addition be authentic in its details, only that it be harmonious with the original building. Now if one were to attempt to restore or renovate the original, then authenticity would be more important.

]]> By: kd http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 kd Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:50:30 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/09/21/they-dont-all-hate-us/#comment-1731 Bravo! And kudos to the craftsmen who seem to have pulled it off. Always the skeptic, I wonder: is the recent addition authentic in all the details? Bravo! And kudos to the craftsmen who seem to have pulled it off.

Always the skeptic, I wonder: is the recent addition authentic in all the details?

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