The Impact of Scottish Immigrants on the City and our Cityscape

On this week’s show, broadcast during Tartan Week here in New York, we will celebrate how Scottish immigrants contributed to and influenced New York, especially our architectural heritage.

My guests will be architect John Kinnear, founder of John Kinnear Architects, and board member of the American Scottish Foundation; and Graham Dobbin, business coach and public speaker at Asentiv New York, and host of his own trailblazing radio program “The Mind Behind Leadership”

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Tune in for this fascinating conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.

tonight on Rediscovering New York we’re taking a deep dive into Scottish heritage. Starting with tartan week, it is a Celebration of Scotland contributions Scott’s have made in the United States United States. If you look up AmericanScottishfoundation.org there you will find the events that are going on this week. there is no parade this year so all events are happening virtually. Our first guess is John Kinnear, founder of John Kinnear Architects, and board member of the American Scottish Foundation. John found a passion for architecture very early in life. He was Building things and taking trips around New York. So he felt it would be a great fit. The Scottish been here since the formation of New York. The Livingstons were the first family to Really make a name for themselves and they purchased land across the Hudson River. Alexander Hamilton One of the founding fathers. his family was also one of the wealthiest families in Scotland, but he did not end up inheriting, and had to work his way up. John McCone was another Scottish man who became famous for his architecture in New York and eight of his buildings have become landmarks. He has cemented himself in New York history.

if you’d like to contact John you can go to JohnKinneararchitect.com. Charles McCain was a Architect of Scottish descent born in America. The University club on fifth Avenue is such a gem.It’s marketed as an Italian Renaissance. The interior of the building is beautiful; the library is modeled after the Vatican library. He also helped develop Pennsylvania station, the original Penn station, another staple in New York architecture. Wallter cook is known for being the architect of the Carnegie mansion. Frank Lloyd Wright was another Scottish an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Sadly he designed a house for Marilyn Monroe that was never built and he passed away in New York.

Our second guest is Graham Dobbin, business coach and public speaker at Asentiv New York, and host of his own trailblazing radio program “The Mind Behind Leadership. Graham I just was drawn to New York and it’s magic and decided to build a home here. Carnegie, One of the most famous architects Settled in Pennsylvania. Carnegie became well off at a young age as his investment paid off . Putting money into Railroads Oil derricks and bridges. And he founded Carnegie steel. We should become the biggest steel company in the world. He understood people and business and that made him the success that he was.

Graham Works with multiple companies such as BMW, google. As a business coach he really is involved. He takes a practical approach and knows that one size does not fit all when it comes to working with businesses. If you wanna get in contact with Graham go to Lincoln.