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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"I always travel by myself. I accept that I’m a loner, I accept that I’m an introvert. I like to read, I like to write, I like to doodle, I like to get lost." - Chef Marco Pierre White, Sunday Times of London, 9/7/26

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Musicians from The Orchestra Now, Bard College's graduate music program orchestra, performing at a mini-festival of the music of Friedrich Gersheim (1839 - 1916). He was a German-Jewish composer, contemporary of Brahms who the Nazi regime banned & tried to erase. #music #Classical #Germany #Judaism

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for the Historic Preservation Certificate Program at Westchester Community College. Register for the next program cohort starting in the Fall by contacting Carmen Marrinan 914 606 7302 Carmen.Marrinan@sunywcc.edu for more program info contact Alan Strauber as40@sunywcc,edu

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Arriving in Rhinebeck for lunch today at the infamous Bread Alone

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Dinner tonight in Rhinebeck, NY - Beekman Arms, the Pewter Room photo (c) Alan Strauber #architecture #interiordesign #hudsonvalley #photography

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Dachshund, Madison Ave at 30th St., NYC, July 4, 1958 #dogs #photography #NYC

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Good morning from Breezy Hill photo (c) Alan Strauber

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Yep - it was right around that time. Frank or Bing weren't there tho, as far as I know

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The Locusts, Staatsburg, NY (just south of Rhinebeck) - Louis Armstrong and Grace Kelly at a party thrown by Helen Hull, formerly wife of Vincent Astor. Leonard Bernstein was also a guest - 1962

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Soleil bleu, Montre - pendentif - Brussels, Belgium - circa 1630 - movement by William Van Linden, Patek Philippe Museum - Geneva, Switzerland. photo (c) Alan Strauber #watches #horology #Switzerland #Geneva

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Les phases de la luna, Montre-pedentif (pendant watch) - Ulm, Germany, circa 1640. movement by Johann Sayler. Patek Philippe Museum - Geneva, Switzerland photo (c) Alan Strauber #watches #Switzerland #horology

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Westchester Community College Historic Preservation Program graduate Dan O'Connell on left with instructor and historic preservation woodworker extraordinaire Bruce MacDonald on right working to restore a late 19th century Queen Anne style house in New Rochelle this morning. photo (c) Alan Strauber

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Under the weather at Breezy Hill today - I still managed to get some writing done.

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

For my 1960s (and 70s) friends and beyond, these were the booking fees for performers at Woodstock - this was posted on the Woodstock Instagram site. #Music #Woodstock #1960s #RockandRoll

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Landslide defeat of Trump's authoritarian buddy Victor Orban in Hungary bodes well for the U.S. - and for the European Union.

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Westchester Community College, Historic Preservation Program - Architect & WCC student Jeremiah Ojo working to repair stonework on the over 200 year old Mission San Xavier Bac church in Tuscon, Arizona. This project was sponsored by the Mexican and U.S. governments.

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A hot chocolate and pan chocolate I had at the Cafe de Beaux Arts in Paris. You're supposed to mix the whipped cream & milk in with that really rich chocolate. I didn't know to mix the stuff together so I just started drinking the syrup! Way too sweet. The cafe hostess laughed & showed me what to do

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The Grand Central Terminal’s main concourse became the focal point of the newly designed terminal in Whitney Warren’s revised concept, based on the Gare d’Orsay railway station in Paris, designed by Victor Laloux (drawing 1898 – Musee d’Orsay) #architecture #Paris #NYC #graphicdesign

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Hiking the hill in front of my house this morning - Hudson Valley, upstate New York

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

New York Public Library, Main Reading Room - one of the great rooms in America. Designed by architects Carrere & Hastings, both trained at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Opened 1911. photo (c) Alan Strauber #architecture #interiordesign #NYC #photography

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I just think my drumset makes for a pretty picture #drums #drumset #music

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

230 Park Ave, formerly the Helmsley Bldg, originally NY Central RR Office Bldg, Designed by Warren & Wetmore (Grand Central Terminal) 1929, part of the Grand Central Zone (Terminal City) plan. The building sits at the southern base of Park Ave looking north - landmarked 1987. NYPL Digital Archives

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

It's so impressive what's been done in Paris to reduce the number of cars, increase pedestrian and green space, and clean up the Seine - even making it swimable. Air pollution in the city has been reduced by more than a third. #environment #green #pollution #Paris www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Welcome to Paris, the City That Said No to Cars

Outgoing Mayor Anne Hidalgo leaves the city more walkable, bikable, greener and cleaner.

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

"The regime that most urgently needs changing, by some prompt and confident means, is the one that sits in Washington, DC." - Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize winning author

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Wave Hill, the Bronx, NYC - overlooking the Hudson River photo (c) Alan Strauber #photography #landscape #gardening #NYC

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

At Grand Central Oyster Bar today for some clam chowder (under the beautiful Guastavino ceiling tiles) #architecture #interiordesign #interiors #NYC #AlanStrauber

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Interior Arches - New York Public Library - NYC photo (c) Alan Strauber #photography #interiordesign #libraries #NYC #architecture

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Musee d'Orsay - Paris - Decoration by sculptor and cabinet maker Alexandre Charpentier (circa 1900) for banker Adrien Bernard's villa in Champrosay, south of Paris. photo (c) Alan Strauber #Paris #design #interiordesign #France #photography #woodwork #sculpture #Museed'Orsay

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Archie Shepp, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, circa 1990 photo (c) Alan Strauber #Jazz #Music #NewOrleans #Saxophone

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

"I get up in the morning and write until I've backed myself into a corner; the next day I get up and write myself out of that corner." - Anthony Bourdain #writing #food #culinary #publishing #foodwriting

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

So I got a book deal AND my own BJ's card this week! What a week so far!

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I am very excited to share that I signed a publishing contract today for my forthcoming book, Grand Central Terminal and the Rise of Midtown Manhattan, with SUNY Press. Estimated release date is the end of 2028. I know my Dad is smiling down.

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Students at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts architecture school in Paris showing me the building models they were working on in the school's basement studios. photo (c) Alan Strauber #architecture #design #Paris #France

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

because we were told that they would probably open after 2 hours and end the mini strike - and they did. I had come a long way - it was well worth the wait!

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Waiting in the snow to get into the Louvre during a 2 hour worker strike lockout - not fun

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Musee d'Orsay, Paris - Behind one of the exterior clocks photo (c) Alan Strauber #Paris #Photography #Clocks #France

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Louvre, Paris - Napoleon III Apartments - photo (c) Alan Strauber #Paris #Photography #France #InteriorDesign #Louvre

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Creme Brulee, the best I've ever had, at L'Emil Brasserie in the Chateau Voltaire Hotel, Paris - photo (c) Alan Strauber #food #photography #foodphotography #Paris #Travel #France

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

L’ Ecole des Beaux-Arts - Paris. photo (c) Alan Strauber. One of the most important buildings in Paris, overlooked by tourists. Students have included painters Degas, Renoir, Matisse, Delacroix and Seurat. American architects who've attended include Sullivan, McKim, Carrere & Hastings and Warren.

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

On the passport line at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam photo (c) Alan Strauber #photography #portraits #Amsterdam #babies

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Louvre - Paris - Grand salon in the Minister of State apartments, ca. 1850-1860 photo (c) Alan Strauber #photography #interiordesign #architecturephotography #architecture #frenchhistory

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

At Musee d'Orsay in Paris last week

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Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Originally known as the American Radiator Building (note the gold flames on the facade & brick tinted to look like coal). Raymond Hood (also designed 30 Rockefeller Plaza/RCA Building), 1924. 40th St near Bryant Park NYC. Georgia O'Keefe painted it! #architecture #photography photo (c) Alan Strauber

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