An important contribution to understanding the development of modern New York, focusing on elite domestic architecture—in particular the James B. Duke House—within the contexts of social history, urban planning, architecture and interiors, and adaptive reuse for new functions.

Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction  Jean-Louis Cohen, Daniella Berman, and Jon Ritter Portfolio: Duke House Maps: Mansions on the Upper East Side 1 The City Beautiful, Zoning, and Preservation on New York’s Upper East Side  Jon Ritter 2 A “Gilded Stall” for the Progressive Era: Fabricating Aristocracy on Fifth Avenue  Matthew Worsnick 3 Building in “Splendid Style”: Duke House and the Development of the Cook Block  Alisa Chiles 4 Beaux-Arts Architects and Their Mansions  Isabelle Gournay 5 Mr. Duke Builds His Dream House  Mosette Broderick 6 “Good Taste” and the Making of Duke House: Francophilia, Architecture, and Adaptation  Daniella Berman 7 Commissioning Interiors: Carlhian and Duveen at Duke House  Grace Chuang 8 Dukes to Profs: Robert Venturi’s primum opus on 78th Street  Jean-Louis Cohen 9 Renovation and Illumination: Richard Kelly at the Institute  Christie Mitchell 10 Preservation on the Cook Block: An Architect’s Perspective  Theodore Prudon Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index of Persons and Organizations Index of Buildings and Places