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Montgomery Schuyler
1843–1914
A sharp-eyed critic of America’s Gilded Age, he helped shape public thinking about architecture, art, literature, and music in New York. He is remembered especially for championing modern design and taking the skyscraper seriously as a new American form.
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American Architecture: Studies
by Montgomery Schuyler
About the author
Born in Ithaca, New York, on August 19, 1843, and later active in New York City for more than forty years, he worked as a critic, journalist, and editorial writer during a period of rapid cultural change. Although he wrote on several subjects, he is best known today as an influential architecture critic.
Schuyler became an important voice in discussions of American building and design at a moment when cities were changing fast. He is often noted for defending the skyscraper and for supporting modern architectural ideas, helping readers see new urban forms as something more than mere engineering.
He died in New Rochelle, New York, on July 16, 1914. A suitable verified portrait image was not clearly available from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included.