McKim, Mead & White

His architecture reflects that.

Would you talk a little bit about what his style was, what those buildings look like, what were the key elements of Bullfinch, and why was he important? Because this is way different from McKim, Mead, and White here.

Absolutely.

So Charles Bullfinch is often considered the first native-born professional architect in the United States, and he was known particularly for what we think of as the federal style.

It was, there was a great Penn Station 50 plus years ago.

This, if you haven't seen the pictures of it, you know, McKim, Mead and White, a grand master piece modeled on the baths of Caracalla.

It was torn down to, to build Madison Square Garden and, Um, and, and what they did was they kind of built a mezzanine.

So there are two different levels within it, both with very low ceilings, very cramped feelings.