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Date of this publication: 2015 publication: this of Date changing! keeps History New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) District Improvement Business Downtown Rochelle New Publication Design Funding and Project Assistance by the the by Assistance Project and Funding Design Publication Design By: Susan Nagib Susan By: Design Text By: Barbara Davis, City Historian City Davis, Barbara By: Text New Rochelle Department of Development Development of Department Rochelle New Project Concept, Administration and Funding by the the by Funding and Administration Concept, Project Fair in Manhattan. in Fair JOHN DYOTT JOHN ordable Art Art ordable ff A the and NY Brooklyn, in 4 Open Wide Portugal; Lisbon, in THE PIONEER BUILDING / BUILDING PIONEER THE Exhibition in NYC; Museum of the Americas in Doral, FL; Colorida Gallery Gallery Colorida FL; Doral, in Americas the of Museum NYC; in Exhibition CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT / CATT CHAPMAN CARRIE Digest Home Design Show in NYC; the Chelsea International Fine Art Art Fine International Chelsea the NYC; in Show Design Home Digest Mr. Manrique’s fine art canvases have been exhibited at the Architectural Architectural the at exhibited been have canvases art fine Manrique’s Mr. J. FRED COOTS / THE K BUILDING K THE / COOTS FRED J. from these elements to focus on an attractive image in the scene. the in image attractive an on focus to elements these from He employs perspective in his murals to draw the viewer’s attention away away attention viewer’s the draw to murals his in perspective employs He LOEW’S THEATER LOEW’S ectively cover these elements. elements. these cover ectively ff e to designs created cleverly has Manrique MIGHTY MOUSE / / MOUSE MIGHTY murals are designed to mask numerous grids, hinges, doors and insets. Mr. Mr. insets. and doors hinges, grids, numerous mask to designed are murals for 21 wall murals for the Gotham Hotel in New York City. These city scene scene city These City. York New in Hotel Gotham the for murals wall 21 for architectural finishes. Mr. Manrique is currently completing a commission commission a completing currently is Manrique Mr. finishes. architectural This artist is also experienced at painting on a large variety of surfaces and and surfaces of variety large a on painting at experienced also is artist This recycling facility. recycling River from a garbage dump into reclaimed meadows of wildflowers and a a and wildflowers of meadows reclaimed into dump garbage a from River conference room depicting the evolution of a section of the Hudson Hudson the of section a of evolution the depicting room conference Center commissioned Mr. Manrique to produce a mural for the facility’s facility’s the for mural a produce to Manrique Mr. commissioned Center to the nature scene murals, the Westchester County MRF Education Education MRF County Westchester the murals, scene nature the to HIGH SCHOOL HIGH Mr. Manrique is also skilled at telling a story in his mural work. In addition addition In work. mural his in story a telling at skilled also is Manrique Mr. NEW ROCHELLE ROCHELLE NEW THOMAS PAINE MONUMENT / CITY HALL CITY / MONUMENT PAINE THOMAS to inspire viewers to recycle in order to protect the environment. the protect to order in recycle to viewers inspire to NEW ROC CITY / CITY ROC NEW Recovery Facility Education Center. He created these nature scene murals murals scene nature these created He Center. Education Facility Recovery floor and extends another 11 ft high, for the Westchester County Materials Materials County Westchester the for high, ft 11 another extends and floor ft x 7 ft, and a waterfall mural in a skylight shaft which begins 10 ft above the the above ft 10 begins which shaft skylight a in mural waterfall a and ft, 7 x ft he produced a ceiling mural of the sky with flying eagles which measures 20 20 measures which eagles flying with sky the of mural ceiling a produced he stretches over two stories in height, measuring 24 ft x 24 ft. This past year, year, past This ft. 24 x ft 24 measuring height, in stories two over stretches the Brooklyn Bridge for the Ten Penny Restaurant in New York City which which City York New in Restaurant Penny Ten the for Bridge Brooklyn the olding and ladders. In 2013, he created a wall mural of of mural wall a created he 2013, In ladders. and olding ff sca on working to scale murals for commercial and government spaces. He is accustomed accustomed is He spaces. government and commercial for murals scale Mr. Manrique has extensive experience designing and producing large large producing and designing experience extensive has Manrique Mr. integrate well within the space where they are displayed. displayed. are they where space the within well integrate understanding of building design to create beautiful wall murals which which murals wall beautiful create to design building of understanding New School for Design. He combines his knowledge of painting with his his with painting of knowledge his combines He Design. for School New studied fine art at SUNY Purchase and architectural design at Parsons the the Parsons at design architectural and Purchase SUNY at art fine studied PIERO MANRIQUE PIERO THE LAMBDEN BUILDING LAMBDEN THE BUILDING ARCADE THE , s0le proprietor of Manrique Mural Art and Design, Design, and Art Mural Manrique of proprietor s0le , ABOUT THE ARTIST THE ABOUT NEW ROCHELLE NEW NEW ROCHELLE NEW THE NEW ROCHELLE TRAIN STATION was completed c.1873, replacing near the current site of Paine’s cottage, was designed by architect, John Building at the corner of Huguenot Street and North Avenue. Completed an earlier structure that first greeted passengers on New Year’s Day, 1849. Frazee, who raised the $1,300 seed money. The sculptor of the bronze in 1931, owners Harry Schiff and Sons spent a million dollars to construct This station first served the New York, New Haven, Hartford Railroad, bust, Wilson MacDonald, was later commissioned by the New Rochelle the building, which would later become the Kaufman, or “K” Building, which was established in the early 1840s and built, for the most part, by Historical Association. after the next owner. Paul Terry moved his studios to the old Knights of immigrants. If these walls could talk! Just think of who has passed through Columbus Hall at 38 Centre Avenue in 1949. Today the building houses CITY HALL, the impressive Neo-Classical structure at 515 North Avenue, this depot–commuters, newcomers to America, legendary individuals–the Viva Grande Fruit and Vegetable Store. was designed by architect Edgar Josselyn and completed in 1906 as the first multitudes who have made New Rochelle their home. New Rochelle High School building (before that, students were taught in The former LOEW’S THEATER, the 585-599 MAIN STREET BUILDING Nearby, MAIN STREET boasts fabulous examples of Art Deco architecture. various rented buildings). When the current high school was built in the with a Spanish Colonial-Revival style facade, is a prime example of 1920’s Between 1880 and the Depression, this retail area was booming with late 1920s, 515 North Avenue became Albert Leonard Junior High. By the movie palace design. Over 2,500 theatergoers could be seated for the businesses that catered to the ever-growing population. Between 1900 early 1960s the current Albert Leonard Middle School was completed. At vaudeville and live stage shows that included stars such as Lucille Ball, and 1930 New Rochelle’s population quadrupled – from 10,000 to 54,000. the same time, the Board of Education moved its o"ces from a building Bette Davis, Bob Hope, and many others before it was segmented into And, by the mid-1930s New Rochelle was reputed to be the wealthiest (now demolished) on Huguenot Street, and City Hall moved its o"ces smaller theaters and, in the 1980s, closed. This was the second Loew’s city, per capita, in New York State and the third wealthiest in the country. from the first City Hall building (now demolished) on Main Street, into Theater in New Rochelle. The architecture – the wonderful (and often whimsical) details, the the 515 North Avenue building. NEW ROC CITY was completed in 1999 as a $190 million entertainment craftsmanship and superior materials, were all intended to attract wealthy NEW ROCHELLE’S WATERFRONT has played a significant role in the complex featuring a 19-screen movie theater, an IMAX theater, an indoor shoppers. And they did. The first suburban Arnold Constable was here, community’s growth and development since its earliest settlement by ice-hockey arena, mini-golf, go karts, an arcade, restaurants, a hotel, as was the first suburban Bloomingdales. During this same period, many French Protestants known as Huguenots and the enslaved people they loft-apartments and a mega supermarket. It replaced The Mall, which of the country’s top artists and illustrators also made their homes in New brought to the New World with them. Previously, Native Americans had opened in 1968 on the former site of St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Rochelle – and had their studios on the second or third floors of the shops encamped along the shores finding an abundant source of seafood and Church. that bustled below. Today, we are seeing a resurgence of artists “working wildlife. The Huguenot settlers and their slaves began cultivating the neck over the store.” soon after they purchased from John Pell the 6,000-acre tract that became The magnificent NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL, appropriately- designed as a chateau to reflect the community’s French heritage, was A stunning metamorphosis occurred at at New Rochelle in 1689.