Andrew Dolkart

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Andrew S. Dolkart, the James Marston Fitch Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia University. B.A., Colgate, 1973; M.S., Columbia, 1977.

Dolkart is a noted authority on the preservation of historically significant architecture. His work focuses on the architectural heritage of New York City.


Dolkart believes that historic preservation ties communities together through a shared physical environment. "I think it’s important that some of the historic fabric survive along with modern uses and modern change," he said in a Columbia Spectator interview. "At least from the point of view of architecture it deserves to be protected and cared for well." [1]

According to the New York Sun, "Mr. Dolkart is without peer among New York's architectural researchers." [2]


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[edit] Prizes and Awards

  • Winner, Association of American Publishers's 1998 Award for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing, Best Book in Architecture and Urban Planning.
  • Winner of Victorian Society in America, New York Chapter's Annual Publication Award, 1990.
  • Winner, Award for Social History, New York City Book Awards, 2006 [3]




[edit] Books

  • Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development (Columbia University Press, 1998).
  • Biography of a Tenement Housein New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street (University of Virginian Press, 2006)
  • Guide to New York City Landmarks (1992; expanded and updated, John Wiley, 1998, 2003)


[edit] Select Publications

  • "Ugly Ducklings Into Swans": Transforming New York's Rowhouses and Rowhouse Neighborhoods (forthcoming).
  • "Millionaires Elysiums: The Luxury Apartment Hotels of Schultze & Weaver," Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts (forthcoming spring 2005).
  • The Carnegie Mansion and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum: The History of a House (Scala/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2002).
  • Central Synagogue In Its Changing Neighborhood (Central Synagogue, 2002). Winner, Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies and Museums 2002 Award for Excellence.
  • Touring Lower Manhattan: Three Walks in New York's Historic Downtown (New York Landmarks Conservancy, 2000).
  • Touring Historic Harlem: Four Walks in Northern Manhattan (New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1997).
  • Gramercy: Its Architectural Surroundings (Gramercy Neighborhood Associates, 1996).
  • The Dictionary of Art (London: Macmillan, 1996); major entry on the development of New York City and entries on seven architects.
  • New Architecture in Brooklyn, 1985-1995 (Rotunda Gallery, 1995).
  • Touring the Upper East Side: Walks in Five Historic Districts (New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1995).
  • George & Edward Blum: Texture and Design in New York Apartment Buildings with Susan Tunick (Friends of Terra Cotta, 1993).
  • "Homes for People: Non-Profit Cooperatives in New York, 1916-1929," SITES (May 1989); reprinted Cooperative Housing Journal (1993).
  • Forging a Metropolis: Walking Tours of Lower Manhattan Architecture (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1990).
  • This is Brooklyn: A Guide to Brooklyn's Historic Districts and Landmarks (Fund for the Borough of Brooklyn, 1990).
  • The Texture of Tribeca (Tribeca Community Association, 1989).
  • Downtown Brooklyn Walking Tours (Fund for the Borough of Brooklyn, 1989).

Living the Dream: City and Suburban's York Avenue Estate (Coalition to Save City and Suburban Homes, 1988).

"Hudson View Gardens: A Home in the City," SITES (May 1988).

Lower Manhattan Architectural Survey (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 1987).

[edit] References

  1. ^ [ http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/29437]
  2. ^ Low in the Lower East Side - December 26, 2006 - The New York Sun
  3. ^ [ http://www.nysoclib.org/awards/biography_tenement.html]