Top Ten NYC Architecture |
top ten
gone
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gone
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World
Trade Center |
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Penn
Station |
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architect
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McKim, Mead and White |
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West 34th Street and
Eighth Ave. |
date
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1910 (Demolished 1963). |
style
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Beaux-Arts |
construction
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Railway station
Utility |
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Penn Station gallery |
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"Any city gets what it admires, will pay for,
and, ultimately, deserves. Even when we had Penn Station, we couldn't
afford to keep it clean. We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a
tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we
build but by those we have destroyed."
- "Farewell to Penn Station," New York Times
editorial, October 30, 1963
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3 |
Madison
Square Garden |
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The Waldorf
Astoria |
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5 |
Singer
Building |
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6 |
Savoy-Plaza
Hotel |
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architect
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McKim, Mead and White |
location
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767 5th Avenue at East
58th Street, NE Corner to East 59th Street |
date
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1927 (demolished 1964). |
style
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Art Deco
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construction
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33 floors, 128 meters |
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Hotel |
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7 |
Charles M. Schwab mansion |
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architect
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Maurice Hebert |
location
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the entire block
between West End Avenue and the Riverside Drive, Seventy-third and
Seventy-fourth streets |
date
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1901 |
style
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French Renaissance
chateau |
construction
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limestone |
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house |
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8 |
The Hippodrome |
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9 |
Astor Hotel |
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architect
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Clinton & Russell |
location
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1515 Broadway at West
44th Street, NW Corner to West 45th Street |
date
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1904 (demolished 1967) |
style
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Beaux-Arts |
construction
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11 floors |
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Hotel |
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10 |
NEW YORK WORLD BUILDING |
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