New York City is famous for its landmarks. Tourists from all around the world to look at the great buildings that fill the Big Apple, but, what a lot of these tourists do not know is that it is actually women who designed and built half of them with their talent and skills.
1. Bethesda Fountain
One of the most beautiful architectural constructions in this park, Angel in the Water, was designed by Emma Stebbins. Apparently, Stebbins based the angelic sculpture on her lover, Charlotte Cushman. The sculpture went to be commissioned by the city, and is actually the first public artwork made by a women to be so.
2. Theodore Roosevelts House
Although the original design was not built by a female, the remake of it was. Theodate Pope Riddle was the first licensed female architect, and she designed Roosevelt’s home which is now a National Historical Site.
3. Park Avenue Mall
Clara Coffey is another famous female architect who has the honour of building more than one beautiful areas in New York City. Some of them being Yellowstone Park and Clement Clarke Moore Park. However, the most notable designs she is known for is the redevelopment of Park Avenue Mall.
4. One World Trade Center
Although the design for the skyscraper was done and drawn by a series of notable architects, the actual construction was overlooked by Nicole Dosso. Without her, the trade center probably would not have actually ever been built, as she was the one would put the plan into action.
5. The Surrogate’s Courthouse Staircase
Once again, while the design of the actual courthouse was done by a male, one of the most popular and notable staircases, called the Beaux Arts Staircase, in the building was designed by the one and only Fay Kellog. She actual came to be known as The Foremost Women Architect in the United States.
6. Lever House
Natalie De Bloiss, a famous architect of New York City collaborated in the design of many prominent architectural buildings. One of the most notable ones was Lever House, which was built in 1952 for the soap company, the Lever Brothers.
7. Brookyln Bridge
This famous bridge built over the East River in New York City probably would have never came about without the massive contribution Emily Roebling made to its building. In fact, to honor her support in helping it come into creation, her name is now on a plaque on one of the towers of the bridge. The design came into being by her father in law, John, and her husband continued but never completed it after his death. Emily completed the project her family had started and was the first one to cross the bridge itself on its opening. So as you can see, women, from the beginning of time have contributed and helped to make New York City the great area it is today. And they should be appreciated and acknowledged for the astounding work they have done.
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