Edward Blum
Edward Blum (1867–1944) was an architect born in Paris, who, with his brother George, designed apartment and office buildings, most of which are in New York City. Blum received his degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1899. Edward and George studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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Edward Blum
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- Died
- 1944 · Sunnyside.
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- United States
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- architect
- Education
- Columbia University · École des Beaux-Arts · Columbia Graduate School of Architecture and Planning and Preservation
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Edward Blum (1867–1944) was an architect born in Paris, who, with his brother George, designed apartment and office buildings, most of which are in New York City. Blum received his degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1899. Edward and George studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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Born at Paris in 1876, died in Sunnyside in 1944.
Edward Blum studied at Columbia University, École des Beaux-Arts and Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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- 1.Dolkart, Andrew. George & Edward Blum: Texture and Design in New York Apartment House Architecture. The Friends of Terra Cotta Press. 2. 1993. 9780963606105.
- 2.Archived copy.
- 3.Gray, Christopher. "Crowning Achievements for Two Brother-Architects", New York Times, March 2, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- 4.The Admaston | New York City Upper Westside Condominiums.
- 5.Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes/The Blum Apartment Houses; Deft, Nonconformist Touches, Many Since Vanished", New York Times, October 17, 1993. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- 6."Brief Biographies of American Architects Who Died Between 1897 and 1947", Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
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