Who is James Renwick? This is not an Ayn Rand question about a fictional engineer. There was an engineer turned architect named James Renwick (1819-1895) who designed several of the most iconic structures built in America’s early years, including the Castle at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C., and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NewContinue reading “Who is James Renwick and What are His Plans?”
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Dedicated to Art
Why Jackie Kennedy Saved the Renwick by Jerry Leibowitz In 1962 the building we now know as The Renwick Gallery was set to be razed for a park as part of a massive redevelopment of Lafayette Square. Everything was “go” for the demolition except for one thing. The First Lady of the United States wasContinue reading “Dedicated to Art”
crawlin' from the wreckage 