Terra Cotta:

Don't Take It for Granite!


This virtual tour is with artist Susan Tunick, President of Friends of Terra Cotta, and author of several books including the walking tour guide Terra Cotta: Don’t take it for Granite. Terra cotta takes many forms around New York, even mimicking other building materials like limestone or granite. We’ll explore how to recognize terra cotta and differentiate it from other materials (even when it looks like stone!). It was favored by celebrated architects such as Cass Gilbert (Woolworth Building), Stanford White (Robb Mansion), and Ely Jacques Kahn (2 Park Avenue). Our tour will focus on more than a dozen buildings from the guide book’s second walk, “Murray Hill to Gramercy Park.” It will include building from the 1880s through to Deco structures from the 1920s. 


Thursday, November 12th

6:00 p.m.


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Susan Tunick

Susan Tunick is an artist working in New York City. She has worked on both private and public art commissions, and site-specific works using ceramics, tile, and brick. She has been a guest artist at Watershed, participated as a resident at the European Ceramic Work Center (EKWC), and her work can be seen in the NYC schools and subway stations.

Tunick is also the president of Friends of Terracotta, a national, non-profit that promotes education and research in the preservation of architectural terra cotta and related ceramic materials. She received a B.A. and M.F.A. from Bennington College in Vermont.

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