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Such figures as William “Boss” Tweed, political strongman and king of corruption, and circus Growth of the Metropolis 1890 Today man Phineas T. Barnum were also larger than life. Overlooking the Park The Dakota (1880) was the first grand luxury apartment house on the Upper West Side (see p220). Palatial Living Mansions lined Fifth Avenue. K. Vanderbilt’s Italianate palace at 660 Fifth Avenue, was one of the farthest north. Fashion City Lord & Taylor built a new store on Broadway’s Ladies’ Mile; 6th Avenue between 14th and 23rd streets was known as Fashion Row.

Keith Haring (1958–90) was a very prolific graffiti artist who gained fame for his Pop Art murals and sculptures. Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–89) acquired notoriety for his homoerotic photos of men. Jeff Koons (1955–) was part of the Neo-Pop or PostPop movement of the 1980s. The illusionistic murals by Richard Haas enliven many walls throughout the city. Actors In 1849 the British actor Charles Macready started a riot by saying Americans were vulgar. A mob stormed the Astor Place Opera House, where Macready was playing Macbeth, police Artists opened fire, and 22 rioters were killed.

The Chrysler Building (1930) was the world’s tallest until the Empire State Building (1931) was completed. Both are Art Deco classics, but it was Raymond Hood’s Group Art Deco arched pattern on the spire of the Chrysler Building 60 Gramercy Park North (Brownstone) The Pierre (Beaux Arts)  45 Health Insurance Building that represented New York in 1932 in the International Style architectural survey. The World Trade Center was New York’s tallest building until September 2001 (see p56). It represented the Modernist style, now superseded by the Post-Modern style, such as the Citigroup Center (1977).

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