Catherine Elizabeth Galloway

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Architects dressed as their buildings

A famous photo from the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects annual ball of  1931 shows [Ely Jacques] Kahn (left of center), Ralph  Walker (dressed  as One Wall Street, right of center), William Van Alen (architect of the  Chrysler Building, center) and others dressed as their most famous  buildings. In this case, Mr. Kahn was dressed as the building he  regarded as one of his best designs, the Squibb Building.

thebrookelynway:

Architects dressed as their buildings

A famous photo from the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects annual ball of 1931 shows [Ely Jacques] Kahn (left of center), Ralph Walker (dressed as One Wall Street, right of center), William Van Alen (architect of the Chrysler Building, center) and others dressed as their most famous buildings. In this case, Mr. Kahn was dressed as the building he regarded as one of his best designs, the Squibb Building.