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December 21, 2012
in European History, Humanities, Medieval & Renaissance History

Building the Cloisters

December 21, 2012
in European History, Humanities, Medieval & Renaissance History

Follow @yaleARTbooks At first glance The Cloisters might be seen as an anachronism to its northern Manhattan neighborhood. Nestled within Fort Tryon Park (opened 1935), sitting above a grid of 1920s low-rise apartments, 1950s high-rise housing projects and the requisite array of fast food franchises, parking garages, and bodegas that

April 26, 2006
in History, Humanities, Literature, Social Science

Nearest Thing to Heaven

April 26, 2006
in History, Humanities, Literature, Social Science

The foursquare view from the top of the Empire State, even more than the sweep of Manhattan that was available from the summit of the twin towers, is one of life’s great vistas. It may not quite be, as the building’s primary booster and moving force, Al Smith, argued, better