Madison Square Garden, located between 49th and 50th Streets and Eighth Avenue, plays host to sporting events, exhibits, rallies, conventions and various kinds of entertainment. It was built in 1925 and designed by Thomas W. Lamb, W.T. Lamb Associates.
Grace Episcopal Church 10th Street and Broadway-New York City; Constructed 1846: Designed by James Renwick, architect of St. Patrick Cathedral. Typically English are the square east end, the elaboration of the ribbing of the vaulting, and the arrangement of tracery in the windows.
Pepsi-Cola Company's new $ 7,799,000 world headquarters building at 500 Park Avenue, New York City, which was officially dedicated Monday, February 1, 1960. The eleven - story, gleaming glass - and - aluminum curtain wall building, which reflects directly the progress the company has made on the world business scene, serves as the nerve center for Pepsi - Cola bottling operations around the world.
Yeshiva University-187th Street and Amsterdam Avenue-New York City: First Jewish Parochial School in America. Founded 1887. Present Building Opened in 1929.
Union Carbide Corporation-270 Park Avenue. New York City, N.Y. Architects - Engineers: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill.
Union Carbide-Madison and Park Avenues between 47th and 48th streets: New York City-52 Stories, 707 feet high-materials used-325,00 square feet of glass; 30,000 tons of steel; 100,000 tons of concrete; 500,000 steel bolts: rests on 115 steel columns set in bedrock; Started January 15, 1958 - Completed January, 1960.
The National Headquarters of the Salvation Army in the United States - National and Territorial Headquarters and Memorial Auditorium Buildings: 120 - 130 West 14th Street, New York 11, New York - Cornerstone Laid on Saturday, October 5, 1929 by Commander Evangeline Booth: Designed by: Vorhees, Gmelin and Walker - Architects: Type of Architecture was known as Modern American at Time of Dedication.
Church of Saint Luke in the Fields. Located at 487 Hudson Street in Greenwich Village, the early American brick building was designed by John Heath and built in 1821.
(Protestant Episcopal) Park Avenue and 51st Street; New York City-Rev. Terence J. Finlay D.D-Rector-Built 1918. Architect: Bertram G. Goodhue: Architecture: Romanesque-Byzantine.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, 33 East 36th Street, New York is designed in early 16th century Italian Renaissance style of unpierced white marble. The architect was Charles Follen McKim. The library contains a valuable collection of sculpture , paintings, prints and art objects as well as rare manuscripts and books. It is open to sightseers at specified times. Card holders may use the library.
Pennsylvania Station, New York - Pennsylvania Station New York, which is considered to be the busiest railroad station in the United States, covers an area of 7.5 acres, and is located on Seventh Avenue, extending from Seventh Avenue to Eighth Avenue and from 31st to 33rd Streets. The underground facilities of the Pennsylvania Railroad at this location cover a total area of 28 acres, extending from midway between Seventh and Sixth Avenues west to Tenth Avenue. Trains enter the station from the West and the South through two single track tunnels under the Hudson River and from Long Island and New England points through four single-track tunnels under the East River. Designed by Stanford White of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White. Pennsylvania Station was inspired by the great building of ancient Rome including particularly the baths of Caracalla, of Titus and Diocletian and the Basilica of Constantine. The exterior of the building is of Milford granite and is generally in the classic Doric style. The interior, with its Ionic and Corinthian columns contains much, Travertine marble quarried near Tivoli, Italy. This station was opened on September 8, 1910 when Long Island Rail Road trains started to operate in and out of the building. Pennsylvania railroad trains started operation from the station on November 27, 1910. About 650 trains arrive at and depart from Pennsylvania Station during each 24 hour period. During 1960 the total number of passengers arriving at and departing from the station was 55,923,616.
Takashimaya, Inc. at Fifth Avenue and 46th Street, New York City is the only authentic Japanese Building of its type constructed in the United States. Completed in October of 1958, the store's three floor interior was designed by Junzo Yoshimura of Tokyo in Association with the New York Architectural Firm of Steinhardt and Thompson.
