{"product_id":"new-york-s-osborne-apartment-house-of-1885","title":"New York’s Osborne Apartment House of 1885","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sumptuously illustrated book exploring every nook and cranny of this legendary New York apartment house—its distinguished architecture, its extravagant decoration, its tumultuous history, and its storied tenants.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Osborne, at 205 West 57th Street, was one of New York’s first luxury apartment houses; along with peers like the Dakota, it helped to popularise the idea of apartment living among New York’s affluent classes. A monument to the Gilded Age, the Osborne features a rusticated brownstone facade with both Romanesque and Renaissance motifs, and a foyer and lobby elaborately adorned with marble, mosaics, murals, gilding, and stained glass. Although many of its grand apartments were gradually subdivided, the Osborne has always remained a habitat for the interesting and influential, including many habitués of across-the-street neighbour Carnegie Hall, such as Leonard Bernstein and Van Cliburn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this handsome volume, Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch, a longtime resident and the leading authority on the Osborne, traces every stage of the building’s history—from the tangled tale of its financing and construction to its present status as a proud 19th-century survivor on Billionaires’ Row—profiling its most colourful tenants along the way. Original colour photography and archival illustrations bring the Osborne’s apartments and public spaces to vivid life, and a study of the building’s stained glass by noted expert Julie L. Sloan clarifies the respective contributions of the John La Farge and Tiffany studios.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56466804736344,"sku":"9780789215376","price":72.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780789215376.jpg?v=1781775030","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/new-york-s-osborne-apartment-house-of-1885","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}