AT&T / Sony Building
Stylistic references of the AT&T Building on Galinsky.com
City Review article about changes made when the building became the Sony Building |
Bank of America Tower
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat awarded the tower Best Tall Building
July 2013 article in the New Republic disputing the tower's pro-environment credentials
Treehugger responds to the New Republic article
Official websites of One Bryant Park and Stephen Sondheim Theater |
Brooklyn Bridge
Facts and a history of the bridge on NYCroads
David McCullough's classic account of the bridge construction: The Great Bridge, and the Ken Burns documentary based on the book: Brooklyn Bridge
The history of con men who sold the Brooklyn Bridge numerous times |
Chrysler Building
Great Buildings Online entry for Chrysler Building
Emily Zimmerman's essay Building the Chrysler Building
Another paper model of the Chrysler Building at Paper Toys.com
Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City, by Neal Bascomb, Doubleday (2003)
The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day, by D. Stravitz, Princeton Architectural Press (2002) |
Citicorp Center
New Yorker article about engineering flaws in the building secretly repaired in 1978: The Fifty-Nine-Story Crisis
Citicorp Center in The Midtown Book at the City Review
The Station at Citigroup Center, a fabulous miniature railway on display during the holidays
A description of Citigroup Center on greatgridlock.net
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Cleopatra's Needle
Central Park 2000 description of Cleopatra's Needle
New York Parks historical marker for the obelisk
Nova Online's World of Obelisks
Walden Models features a free download of the matching Cleopatra's Needle obelisk now located in London
The New York Obelisk, by Martina D'Alton, Metropolitan Museum of Art (1993) |
Ellis Island Main Immigration Building
Visitors information for Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
Save Ellis Island seeks to preserve the other buildings on the island
A geneological quest to find the descendants of Annie Moore, the first immigrant to arrive at Ellis Island
The story of immigrants being forced to change their names at Ellis Island is not true
A 1998 Supreme Court decision awared 90% of the island to New Jersey
American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, by Vincent J. Cannato, Harper Perennial (2010)
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Empire State Building
The official site of the Empire State Building
Emporis entry for Empire State Building
Great Buildings Online entry for Empire State Building
Lewis Hine photographs of the building construction: at Columbia and NY Public Library
NPR program about the history of the tower
Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark, by John Tauranac, Cornell University Press (2014)
Building the Empire State, by Carol Willis, W.W. Norton (2007)
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Federal Hall National Memorial
Federal Hall information from the National Park Service
Lithograph view of the original Federal Hall as it looked when Washington was inaugurated
The original Federal Hall hosted the U.S. Congress from 1787-1790
Wall Street in front of the building is named after the defensive wall built by Dutch settlers
The unsolved 1920 bombing of Wall Street took place just in front of the building, with scars still visible across the street
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Flatiron Building
Great Buildings Online entry for Flatiron Building
"The Flatiron Building at 100" on Flatironmag.com
Library of Congress film of a windy day at the Flatiron Building and the possible origin of the phrase "23 Skidoo"
The Flatiron, by Alice Alexiou, Thomas Dunne Books (2010) |
Grand Central Terminal
Offical Grand Central Terminal website, with info about trains and shops at the station
Despite its landmark status, the building was nearly demolished in 1978
The station's rooms and hallways contain a great number of secrets and fun trivia
Behind the scenes visit to places normally inaccessible to the public
The upper floors at the south end of the building once housed TV studios for CBS which broadcast from an antenna atop the nearby Chrysler Building
The East Side Access megaproject bringing LIRR trains to new platforms 15 stories below street level should be complete in 2022
The 2011 animated film Hugo, though set in Paris, was inspired by the magical interior of Grand Central
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Grant's Tomb
General Grant National Memorial is run by the National Park Service
The Grant Monument Association has plans for its restoration
Groucho Marx popularized the riddle "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" on the quiz show "You Bet Your Life". |
Hearst Tower
Short history of the building and photos of the interior on Archinomy
Hearst Corporation facts about the tower and history of the building
"How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?" documentary about architect Sir Norman Foster |
IRT 1 Train - A Train
Information on the official Metropolitan Transit Authority website
Everything about rapid transit is on nycsubway.org
An animated map showing the growing web of subway lines
Billy Strayhorn wrote the song "Take the A Train" made famous by Duke Ellington |
Lever House
Casa Lever, a restaurant in the first floor of the building
The building is also the patron to rotating exhibits in the Lever House Art Collection
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill info about the project
Lever House in The Midtown Book at the City Review |
Lipstick Building
Lipstick Building stats on Emporis
Bernard Madoff's investment firm was once located in the Lipstick Building
Some critics think the 1986 building to be one of the least attractive in New York |
One Times Square
Times Square Alliance tells the history of New Years Eve at the Square
Antique postcard views of One Times Square
James Lilek's history of Times Square buildings and advertising |
One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower)
Time lapse video of the construction of the skyscraper
Inhabitat reviews the numerous changes in design of the tower
"Daniel Libeskind's World Trade Center Change of Heart" New Yorker article
Offical website of One World Trade Center
Battle for Ground Zero: Inside the Political Struggle to Rebuild the World Trade Center, by Elizabeth Greenspan, Palgrave Macmillan (2013) |
Seagram Building
Short description of the Seagram Building on Galinsky.com
The famous Four Seasons restaurant, located on the first floor of the building
Arch Daily Classics: the Seagram Building
The fascinating story of how the Mark Rothko murals commissioned for the Seagram Building ended up at London's Tate Modern museum
The Seagram Building: Building Blocks Series, photographs by Ezra Stoller, Princeton Architectural Press (1999) |
Statue of Liberty
National Park Service info about the Statue of Liberty
Ten fun facts about the Statue of Liberty
Is Lady Liberty a Jersey Girl? - the battle between New York and New Jersey for Ellis and Liberty Islands
A list of the many replicas of the statue around the world
Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty, by Yasmin Sabina Khan, Cornell University Press (2010)
Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty, by Elizabeth Mitchell, Atlantic Monthly Press (2014)
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Union Carbide Building / 270 Park Ave
A eulogy for the soon-to-be demolished skyscraper
Critics against and for the building's demolition
The skyscraper was built by SOM architects in 1960
The 700-foot tower is the tallest intentionally-demolished building in the world |
United Nations Headquarters
You can take a public tour of the UN Building
Early plans and models of the building
The complex was designed by an international committee of architects lead by Wallace Harrison
Artwork at the UN Headquarters |
Washington Memorial Arch
Washington Square Arch in paintings and photographs on NY Architecture Images
The fight to 'Save the Square' from a proposed roadway in the 1950s
A history of Washington Square Park
Wikipedia entry about the social history of Washington Square |
Woolworth Building
History of the building from the Cass Gilbert Society
Description of the ornate lobby which is no longer open to the public
Curbed NY visits the observation deck
More photos of lobby details and other secrets of the building on Scouting NY
Construction of the building and photos of daredevil workmen
The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York, by Gail Fenske, University of Chicago Press (2014) |
World Trade Center
Paper model of the World Trade Center available from Fiddlers Green
A Japanese model of the WTC in 1:3000 scale from Paper Craft Maker
Joe Cangero's model of the WTC on cardmodelers.org
Andrew McCauley's model of the WTC
City in the Sky: The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center, by James Glanz & Eric Lipton, Times Books (2003) |
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