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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.
1836 brick Federal-style building now used as clubhouse for city-owned golf course. [18] Anshe Slonim Synagogue: Lower Manhattan: 1849 Oldest surviving synagogue building in New York City 203 East 29th Street: Kips Bay, Manhattan: 1790/1870 Private owned house dated back from 1790 or 1870 based on different sources.
Central Ridgewood Historic District is a national historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. It includes 990 contributing buildings built between 1895 and 1927. They consist mainly of two-story, brick rowhouse dwellings with one apartment per floor. Buildings feature rounded bay front facades and the use of several shades of speckled ...
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 Hess Triangle is the result of a dispute between the city government and the estate of David Hess, a landlord from Philadelphia who owned the Voorhis, a five-story apartment building. [3] In the early 1910s, the city claimed eminent domain to acquire and demolish 253 buildings in the area in order to widen Seventh Avenue and expand the IRT ...
Queens, New York building and structure stubs (89 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Queens, New York" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Levitt & Sons was a real estate development company founded by Abraham Levitt and later managed by his son William Levitt. The company built the town of Levittown, New York. The company's designs and building practices transformed the home building industry and altered the north eastern landscape of the United States with massive suburban ...
The LIRR's abandoned stretch of the Rockaway Beach Branch has been suggested for a greenway to run from Sunnyside, Queens to Rockaway Junction [20] Richmond Hill is located in Queens Community District 9 and its ZIP Codes are 11418 and 11419.It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 102nd Precinct.