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(71st) Seventy-first New York Volunteers / Park Avenue Armory (1904–1906) 7 – Park Avenue (between East 33rd and East 34th streets), Midtown South (42nd) Forty-Second Division / West 14th Street Armory (1971) 5 – 125 West 14th Street (between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue), Chelsea
The 69th Regiment Armory (also known as the 165th Infantry Armory and the Lexington Avenue Armory) is a historic armory for the U.S. Army National Guard at 68 Lexington Avenue, between East 25th and 26th Streets, in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
The drill hall, measuring 200 by 300 feet (61 by 91 m), was one of New York City's largest column-free indoor spaces when completed. The New York City Board of Aldermen approved the Park Avenue Armory's construction in 1875 but refused to fund the $350,000 construction cost. As such, the 7th Regiment funded the armory's construction through ...
The Fort Washington Avenue Armory, also known as the Fort Washington Armory, The Armory, and the 22nd Regiment Armory, is a historic 5,000-seat arena [3] and armory building located at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between West 168th and 169th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
The Millrose Games are an annual indoor athletics (track & field) meet held each February in New York City.Among the world's most prestigious indoor track meets, the games started taking place at the Armory in Washington Heights in 2012, after having taken place in Madison Square Garden from 1914 to 2011.
The Armory is a modernized four-story building with numerous event spaces, including a 65,000-square-foot (6,000 m 2) arena, nearly 3,000 balcony seats, an in-house cafe, and a 69-seat theater. The Armory Foundation was established in 1992 by Dr. Norbert Sander Jr., an internist who was the winner of the 1974 New York City Marathon. Sander ...
The structure was originally built for the 23rd Regiment of the New York State Militia. Since the 1980s, it has been in use as a men's homeless shelter, though in the 2010s, there were plans to redevelop the armory. The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1977, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
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