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Headquarters of the United Nations - Wikipedia  The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City designed by Brazilian ... The Headquarters occupies a site beside the East River, on between 17 and 18 ... both the Assembly Hall and the Council Chambers near the centre of the site with the .... The 39-story Secretariat Building was completed in 1952.
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History New York 20th century - Page 9 - Wired New York  The thirty-six-story building was built on the site of the Murray Hill Hotel ..... the Alfred Smith Houses, near Brooklyn Bridge, that completed in 1950. ... west from East River showing the new 39-story UN Secretary Building.
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New York Architecture Images- United Nations Headquarters  United Nations Headquarters in New York City, viewed from the East River. ... This 39-story building was the first major International Style building to be ... was laid on October 24, 1949 and the Secretariat was completed in spring 1950. .... Prior to the choice of the site in New York City, Navy Island near Niagara Falls in...
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Architecture of New York City - Wikipedia  The building form most closely associated with New York City is the skyscraper, which has ... Goldman Sachs is building a 225-metre-tall (738 ft), 43-floor building across the ... development of several residential towers along the East River waterfront. ... Built in 1933 and originally called the RCA Building, it is one of the most...
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Adventures upon the East River 3 | The Newtown Pentacle  Jun 23, 2009 ... Chrysler Building Manhattan Skyline, from the East River -Photo By Mitch Waxman ... surrounded by parkland (modern Long Island City's Queens West near Gantry Park comes ... Until he designed the United Nations Secretariat, a 39 story building and ... The United Nations building was completed in 1950.
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The Erie Canal, America's First Great Work of Civil Engineering The ...  No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without .... for the Erie Canal near Rome, New York on Independence Day 1817, the United ... 1825 joined the Hudson River and Lake Erie and thus the Eastern seaboard ... possible; with Wright, he was named one of its chief engineers, ultimately...
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39 Conduit Road - Wikipedia  External view from kitchen of "63rd floor" apartment. Traditional Chinese, . Simplified Chinese, . [show]Transcriptions. Standard Mandarin  Hanyu Pinyin, tin hu. 39 Conduit Road is a residential property situated in Conduit Road in western mid-Levels of ... This eleven-storey building which was completed in 1965 had a total of 44...
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HOUSTON ARCHITECTURE TYPIFIES CHANGING ATTITUDE ...  Oct 10, 1981 ... Texas Commerce, designed by I.M. Pei & Partners of New York, will not be ... its title of tallest to a new building, the 75-story Texas Commerce Tower. ... But, alone amongmajor American cities, it has no zoning laws, and thus...
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Fillmore East - Wikipedia  Fillmore East was rock promoter Bill Graham's rock venue on Second Avenue near East 6th Street in the (at the time) Lower East Side neighborhood, now called the East Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan of New York City. It was open from March 8, 1968 to June 27, 1971 and featured some of the .... 3, four CD set of the complete shows from June 17, 18, 19 & 20, 1970 plus...
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Skyscrapers in Pittsburgh - Brookline Connection  The Courthouse's 249 foot tower stood for twenty-four years as the highest peak in ... While the Cathedral rose in the east, the Gulf Building, completed in 1932, ... The 64-story U.S. Steel, under construction in 1969, rises above the City of Pittsburgh ... The new headquarters of Mellon Bank, One Mellon Center, completed in...
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I.M. PEI REDISCOVERS CHINA - NYTimes.com  Jan 23, 1983 ... The architect I.M. Pei, creator of the East Building of the National ... and so when the Government of China invited him to design such a building in 1978, he did not say no. He returned to China - where he had been born in 1917 - and ... The building is called Xiangshan (meaning ''Fragrant Hill'') Hotel, and...
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New York Architecture Images- United Nations Headquarters  United Nations Headquarters in New York City, viewed from the East River. ... The narrow floors are too cramped for the office spaces and its large ... the United Nations Organization (first assembly in 1946) building complex on ... Jr. bought the land for the complex for $8.5 million and donated it to the city in December 1945.
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Headquarters of the United Nations - Wikipedia  The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City designed by Brazilian ... The Headquarters occupies a site beside the East River, on between 17 and 18 acres ... city for its new world capital, multiple obstacles soon forced the Organization to .... The library was founded with the United Nations in 1946.
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Lever House - Wikipedia  Lever House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois (design coordinator) of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and located at 390 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, is a seminal glass-box skyscraper built in the International Style according to ... In 1959, the building's design was copied as the Emek Business Center in...
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new orleans' squares 39 and 40: three centuries of change  expended, houses and other buildings are more enduring and more culturally ... buildings of Squares 39 and 40 in the New Orleans Vieux Carr over the past...
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Know Your Landmarks: Bridges of the East River | Become A New ...  Oct 27, 2011 ... Bridges of the East River are some of the most iconic sights in New ... Possibly the most iconic span crossing in all of North America, the Brooklyn Bridge is easy to ... after 13 years of construction it was the biggest, longest, and first in ... as it's neighbors to the south, but as the only major cantilever bridge,...
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FILLMORE EAST - Forgotten New York  A walk down several streets of the East Village, especially St. Mark's Place, Cooper ... 6th Street, the site of the 1968-1971 Bill Graham rock palace, the Fillmore East. ... end of the Fillmore's run, an up and comer named Elton John are just a handful of ... July 3 and December 5-6, 1969 and August 5, 1970 and May 4-5, 1971.
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Hudson River - Wikipedia  The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search ... The Dutch called the river the North River  with the Delaware River called the .... A similar 30-mile (48 km) stretch on the east bank of the Hudson has been...
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Streetscapes - 40 Wall Street - A Race for the Skies, Lost by a Spire ...  Nov 15, 1992 ... New York Times ... crash and the unexpected loss of its title as the tallest building in the world. ... But in April his architect, H. Craig Severance, drew new plans, for a ... commercial buildings in the early 20's with William Van Alen, and he may ... In July 1929 a gold rivet was driven into the steelwork at 40 Wall...
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Louis: Where's bailout for us little guys? - NY Daily News  Sep 19, 2008 ... Construction worker George Joshua of East Flatbush was amazed - not in a ... St. Vincent 29 years ago, watched the drama unfold on late-night TV. ... the two-story house he bought in 1991 and where he lives with his wife,...
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Former Brooklyn Borough Gas Works Site Operable Unit Number 1  Mar 28, 2001 ... Restoration of the Coney Island Creek bank to provide a 50-foot wide .... SECTION 1: SUMMARY OF THE RECORD OF DECISION ... contingency plan and long-term monitoring after implementation of ... In 1951, Brooklyn Borough Gas transformed its gas delivery ...... Is the platform actual or conceptual?