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The size and sophistication of Art Deco ranged from towering skyscrapers to modest middle-class housing and municipal buildings. Colorful, lavishly-decorated skyscrapers came to dominate the skyline of Manhattan before the Great Depression ended their construction. The Depression and changing tastes pushed the style to more subdued applications ...
W. Irving Moss bought the building at auction in 1930 for $2.9 million, [77] and it was resold the next year to Charles W. Crosby. [78] Clinton and Russell were hired in August 1930 to renovate the lowest two floors for $300,000, and the project was completed by early 1931. In addition to replacing the facade, Clinton and Russell restored the ...
40 Wall Street (also the Trump Building; formerly the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building and Manhattan Company Building) is a 927-foot-tall (283 m) neo-Gothic skyscraper on Wall Street between Nassau and William streets in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Manhattan skyline photographed using Agfacolor in 1938. 1938 January 16: Benny Goodman performs at Carnegie Hall. May 28: The Carnival of Swing, considered to be the first outdoor jazz festival, takes place at Randall's Island. August 26 Fire Fighter (fireboat) is launched as the world's most powerful fireboat.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story [c] Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931.
A thriving epicentre of US life, New York’s famed skyline, world-class museums and all-singing, all-dancing Broadway shows line the five boroughs, meaning even short trips can be packed with ...
From 1961 to 1976, Hirshhorn lived in a three-story Norman chateau in a 22-acre (89,000 m 2) estate at the summit of Round Hill, a 550-foot (170 m) rise in north-central Greenwich, Connecticut, with a view of the Manhattan skyline.
Twenty-three years since the 9/11 attacks, take a look at how the Financial District, the World Trade Center site, and Manhattan's skyline have changed.