Discover the Beaux Arts Apartments, Japan Society, the Rockefeller Guest House, the United Nations and the neighborhood between 42nd to 51st Street.

Matthew A. Postal is an architectural historian specializing in twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. He holds a PhD in art history from the Graduate Center of the City of New York. He has been a member of the research staff of the Landmarks Preservation Commission since 1998 and is an adjunct professor of architectural history at the New York School of Interior Design and Lewis and Clark College.

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Saturday, May 7: “International” Style: The UN and Turtle Bay

Saturday, May 14: Walking Tour: MidCentury Modern On the East Side