Articles by Solomon Rokowsky

The Woolworth Building: A Five-and-Dime Fortune Becomes a Skyscraper

The Empire State Building: A Depression-Era Gamble That Became a Symbol

The Dakota: The Upper West Side Apartment House That Came First

Brooklyn Army Terminal: A Concrete Machine for Moving a Nation

Conference House: The Staten Island Manor Where Peace Talks Failed

Sailors’ Snug Harbor: From Mariners’ Home to Staten Island Cultural Campus

Poe Cottage: A Small Bronx House at the End of a Literary Life

Van Cortlandt House: The Bronx’s Oldest House and the Labor Behind It

The Flatiron Building: How an Awkward Plot Became a New York Landmark

The Chrysler Building: A Machine-Age Crown for Midtown

The Philip Howard Apartments: A Vertical Neighborhood on Flatbush Avenue

The New York State Pavilion: Queens’ Space-Age Ruin Moves Toward Renewal

The TWA Flight Center: When an Airport Learned to Fly