Instructor Biography: Francis Morrone | |
FRANCIS MORRONE is an architectural historian and writer and the author of eleven books, including, with Robin Lynn, Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes (W.W. Norton, 2013) and, with Henry Hope Reed, The New York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (W.W. Norton, 2011), as well as architectural guidebooks to Philadelphia and to Brooklyn. He was an art and architecture critic for the New York Sun for six and a half years, and his writings appear in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the New Criterion, City Journal, and Humanities. He received the Excellence in Teaching Award from NYU School of Professional Studies, and the Landmarks Lion Award of the Historic Districts Council. Travel and Leisure magazine named him one of the 13 best tour guides in the world. | |
Other classes taught | |
85th Anniversary Afternoon of Learning | |
Architects of America | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: Chicago | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: Connecticut | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: Creative Cities, Olmsted, London, Paris, New York, and others | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: London | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: Lost Mansions of New York | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: New York | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: Paris | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: Pennsylvania | |
Armchair Tours with Francis Morrone: Washington, DC | |
Great Architects of the Western World | |
Great World's Fairs | |
Museum Virtual Visit: The Medici: Portraits & Politics, 1512–1570 at the Met | |
Must-See Buildings in Europe | |
Must-See Buildings in the U.S. | |
Presidential Libraries, Repositories of National History | |
The Big Store: New York's Great Department Stores | |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Age of Innocence | |
The Museums of Morgan | |
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