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New York
Architecture Images-Upper East Side Spanish Institute Landmark |
| Formerly Oliver D. and Mary Pyne Filley House | |
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architect |
McKim, Mead and White |
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684 Park Ave., Bet. East 68th & East 69th. |
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1925-26 |
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neo-Federal |
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House |
| One of a curiously homogeneous row of neo-Federal houses built early in the 20th century by the architects McKim, Mead and White and later Delano & Aldrich. Today they house the Americas Society, the Spanish Institute and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, amongst other things. | |
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Queen Sofia
Spanish Institute is located at
684 Park Avenue, a landmark neo-Federal townhouse designed by McKim, Mead &
White completed in 1927. The building has been home to Queen Sofia Spanish
Institute since 1965, when it was donated by Margaret Rockefeller Strong de
Larraín, Marquesa de Cuevas. Queen Sofia Spanish Institute was founded in 1954 to promote the understanding of Spanish culture, past and present, and its influence in the Americas through a variety of programs. As the Center for American-Spanish Affairs, the Institute organizes lectures, symposia, luncheons and dinner meetings to discuss economic, political and social issues of concern to Spain, the European Union, Latin America and the United States. The Institute also offers language instruction and hosts numerous exhibitions and cultural events related to Spain and Latin America. |
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http://www.spanishinstitute.org |
