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Transportation Building; Woolworth Building; City Hall Park; 250 Broadway; 253, 256 Broadway (Home Life Building) 258 Broadway (Rogers Peet Building) New York City Hall; Tower 270; Broadway–Chambers Building; 280 Broadway; 287 Broadway; 290 Broadway (Ted Weiss Federal Building) 291 Broadway (East River Savings) 305 Broadway (Langdon Building)
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 ...
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]
James A. Farley Building, formerly the General Post Office Building; JPMorgan Chase Building; Madison Square Garden; Manhattan House; Museum of Arts and Design; New York Life Building; Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan) the Stewart House, 21-story, full-block apartment building designed by Sylvan Bien and ...
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was created following the preservation fight and subsequent demolition of Pennsylvania Station. New York City's right to limit owners' ability to convert landmarked buildings was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978.
New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper. Since 1890, ten of those built in the city have held the title of world's tallest. [29] [G] New York City went through two very early high-rise construction booms, the first of which spanned the 1890s through the 1910s, and the second from the mid-1920s to the early ...
The Trinity Building, designed by Francis H. Kimball and built in 1905, with an addition of 1907, [1]: 1 and Kimball's United States Realty Building of 1907, [2]: 1 located respectively at 111 and 115 Broadway in Manhattan's Financial District, are among the first Gothic-inspired skyscrapers in New York, and both are New York City designated landmarks.
The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, within Milton Fidler Park. It is situated on land that New Netherland director general Wouter van Twiller purchased from the Lenape natives in approximately 1636. [ 5 ]