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111 Eighth Avenue, full-block Art Deco multi-use building located between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, and 15th and 16th Streets in the Chelsea neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City; 165 Waverly Place; 2 Columbus Circle; 3 Columbus Circle; 383 Madison; 400 West 37th Street, Hudson Crossing Apartments
The Kennedy Center as seen from the air on January 8, 2006 (before construction of the REACH expansion). A portion of the Watergate complex can be seen at the left. The idea for a national cultural center dates to 1933 when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt discussed ideas for the Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administration to create employment for unemployed actors during the Great Depression. [3]
The Park Row Building, at 391 feet (119 m), was the city's tallest building from 1899 to 1908, [27] and the world's tallest office building during the same time span. [28] By 1900, fifteen skyscrapers in New York City exceeded 250 feet (76 m) in height. [23]: 280 New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper.
The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet and dance at Lincoln Center in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.Originally named the New York State Theater, [1] the venue has been home to the New York City Ballet since its opening in 1964, the secondary venue for the American Ballet Theatre in the fall, and served as home to the New York City Opera from 1964 to 2011.
The skyscraper, which has shaped Manhattan's distinctive skyline, has been closely associated with New York City's identity since the end of the 19th century.From 1890 to 1973, the title of world's tallest building resided continually in Manhattan (with a gap between 1894 and 1908, when the title was held by Philadelphia City Hall), with eight different buildings holding the title. [15]
Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Petipa and Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker is a broadly popular version of the ballet often performed in the United States. Conceived for the New York City Ballet , its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center , New York, with costumes by Karinska , sets by Horace Armistead ...
The production will debut this December, but tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. July 25. Those who buy in person at Harriett’s ... Orlando Ballet’s all-new ‘Nutcracker’: Tickets on sale today
New York City Ballet dancers (3 C, 107 P) New York City Ballet repertory (190 P) A. ... The Nutcracker (Playhouse 90) R. Jerome Robbins; S. Ruth Sobotka; Jonathan ...