Architectural Sites in New York City

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Architectural Sites in New York City

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B. Altman Building/New York Public Library-Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
In 1906 department-store magnate Benjamin Altman gambled that...
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Architectural Sites Union Square
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Chrysler Building
A monument to modern times and the mighty automotive industry...
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Colonnade Row
Marble Corinthian columns on the second level front this shabby-but-grand...
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Architectural Sites East Village and the Lower East Side
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Daily News Building
One of the city's most unusual lobbies resides in Raymond Hood's...
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Architectural Sites Midtown
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The Dakota
One of the first residences built on the Upper West Side, the...
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Architectural Sites Upper West Side
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Flatiron Building
When completed in 1902, the Fuller Building, as it was originally...
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Architectural Sites Union Square
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GE Building
Rising up on the Lower Plaza's west side is the 70-story (850-foot-tall)...
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Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central is not only the world's largest (76 acres) and...
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Haughwout Building
Perhaps best known for what's no longer inside—the world's...
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Architectural Sites SoHo and Little Italy
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King of Greene Street
This five-story Renaissance-style 1873 building has a magnificent...
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Little Singer Building
Ernest Flagg's 1904 masterpiece reveals the final flower of the...
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
When it was added in 1909, the 700-foot tower resembling the...
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Architectural Sites Union Square
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New York City Police Headquarters
Seen in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, this magnificent...
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Architectural Sites SoHo and Little Italy
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New York Public Library (NYPL) Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The "Library with the Lions" is a1911 masterpiece of Beaux-Arts...
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Queen of Greene Street
The regal grace of this 1873 cast-iron beauty is exemplified...
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Architectural Sites SoHo and Little Italy
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Rockefeller Center
If Times Square is New York's crossroads, Rockefeller Center...
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Architectural Sites Midtown
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The Row
Built from 1833 through 1837, this series of beautifully preserved...
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Architectural Sites Greenwich Village and Chelsea
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The San Remo
You're likely to notice its twin towers rising above the trees...
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Architectural Sites Upper West Side
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Sculpture for Living
A few steps down from the Public Theater near Cooper Union sits...
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Architectural Sites East Village and the Lower East Side
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Seagram Building
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a pioneer of modern architecture, built...
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Sony Building
Designed by Philip Johnson in 1984, the Sony Building's rose-granite...
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Strivers' Row
Some of the few remaining private service alleys that once ran...
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Architectural Sites Harlem
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University Club
Among the best surviving works of McKim, Mead & White, New...
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Woolworth Building
Until 40 Wall Street stole the title in 1930, the 792-foot Woolworth...
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Architectural Sites Lower Manhattan
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World Financial Center (WFC)
The four towers of this complex, 34-51 stories high and topped...
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Architectural Sites Lower Manhattan
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