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Gateways to New York: Othmar H. Ammann and His Bridges
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- Archtober x Data Vandals Newsstand
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Swiss bridge builder Othmar H. Ammann is the subject of this documentary screening inside Archtober’s subway-platform newsstand.
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- In person
- Location
- Archtober x Data Vandals Newsstand, Downtown 6 train platform, East 51st Street and Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, Manhattan, 10022
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- Center for Architecture; Architecture & Design Film Festival; Data Vandals
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- Tickets reported available
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Swiss bridge builder Othmar H. Ammann is the subject of this documentary screening inside Archtober’s subway-platform newsstand.
Swiss filmmaker Martin Witz’s documentary follows Othmar H. Ammann, the Swiss engineer whose work transformed bridge building in New York. This Archtober screening takes place in the Data Vandals newsstand on the downtown 6 train platform at 51st Street and Lexington Avenue. The 2019 film runs 88 minutes; the scheduled event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. Registration is free for the general public. The organizer does not specify station-entry costs or access arrangements. The original film is in English and German; the organizer does not separately specify this screening’s subtitle format.
Photo: © Mark Shaw, via Archtober.
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Swiss documentary by Martin Witz about Swiss structural engineer Othmar H. Ammann, who emigrated in 1904 and designed major New York bridges. Original languages English and German.