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Pier 62 Skatepark is an oval shaped concrete skatepark of about 15,000 sq ft. Its main features are a 10-foot-deep pool, a flow area and a street section. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The pool has three sections, a 6-ft shallow end, a 6-1/2 ft pocket and a 10 ft deep end that just goes to vert. [ 4 ]
Another group of modernist structures along Sixth Avenue in midtown was the "XYZ Buildings" (1971–1974) at 1211, 1221, and 1251 Sixth Avenue. [20]: 410–416 On March 10, 1957, Sixth Avenue was reconfigured to carry one-way traffic north of its intersection with Broadway in Herald Square. [23] The rest of the avenue followed on November 10, 1963.
As a "Skate Mag Preservation Society" the Look Back Library aims to promote literacy and the appreciation of printed skateboard materials, particularly magazines. The LBL engages in community outreach through exhibits of classic skate magazines; as well as, installing skate magazine libraries at local Skate shops and other venues.
The latest addition is part of the roughly $45 million in new tenants’ amenities at 1290 Sixth, and Vornado’s plan also includes a 12,000 square-foot “tablecloth” restaurant.
Herald Square is a major commercial intersection in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, formed by the intersection of Broadway, Sixth Avenue (officially Avenue of the Americas), and 34th Street. Named for the now-defunct New York Herald, a newspaper formerly headquartered there, it also gives its name to the surrounding area.
The Sixth Avenue South bridge is a gateway to Greenacres, Palm Springs and Lake Worth Beach. It closed when work began on a new bridge in August 2023.
B. Altman Dry Goods Store, 621 Sixth Avenue, c.1877; Gorham Manufacturing Company Building, 889–891 Broadway, 1884; O'Neill Building, 655-671 Sixth Avenue, 1887–1890; Scribner Building, 155 Fifth Avenue, 1893; 9–11 East 16th Street, 1895–1896; Siegel-Cooper Dry Goods Store, 616-632 Sixth Avenue, 1896
One day it will be an urban nature park. Until then, this slice of downtown is a new home for skateboarders.