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The amount of office space in New York City increased by 92% in the late 1920s. [5]: 49–50 Zoning regulations had major impacts on the design of buildings. The proliferation of ever-larger skyscrapers like the 40-story Equitable Building spurred New York City's passage of the US's first citywide zoning code, the 1916 Zoning Resolution. [6]
The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, [ 6] is a 22-story, [ 7] 285-foot-tall (86.9 m) steel-framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick P. Dinkelberg, and sometimes called, in its early days, " Burnham's Folly ", it ...
Shown are clear examples of Art Deco and Modern architecture. The building form most closely associated with New York City is the skyscraper, which has shifted many commercial and residential districts from low-rise to high-rise. Surrounded mostly by water, the city has amassed one of the largest and most varied collection of skyscrapers in the ...
The Copper (formerly known as American Copper Buildings and 626 First Avenue) are a pair of luxury residential skyscrapers in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The buildings were developed by JDS Development and were designed by SHoP Architects [ 1] with interiors by SHoP and K&Co. [ 3] The buildings are one of several ...
Coordinates: 43°58′29.4″N 75°54′40.6″W. Woolworth Building, 2004. The Woolworth Building is a historic building in Watertown, New York. It is a contributing building in the Public Square Historic District. [1] Plans for the Woolworth Building were begun in 1916 by Frank W. Woolworth, the founder of the Woolworth's chain of department ...
BellTel Lofts (former New York Telephone Company), Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 1930; Betsy Head Memorial Pool, Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1940; Brighton Beach Apartments and Garden Apartments, Brooklyn, 1934; Brooklyn Printing Plant, New York Times, Brooklyn, 1929; Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, 1934
Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. [ 1] Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new references and interpretations of traditional architecture [ 2][ 3] to highly conceptual forms and designs, resembling sculpture on an ...
Times Square, in Manhattan Following is an alphabetical list of notable buildings, sites and monuments located in New York City in the United States. The borough is indicated in parentheses. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2012) American Museum of Natural History (Manhattan) Rose Center for Earth and Space America's Response Monument (Manhattan) Apollo ...