Built in the 30s, this was an active railway until 1980. "Friends of the High Line" formed in 1999 with the idea of turning it into an elevated park similar to the Promenade Plantée in Paris.
This triangle shaped building was built in 1902 and is considered the World's first Skyscraper. It has become famous in recent years as the setting of The Daily Bugle in the "Spider-Man" movies.
Thanks to a last minute decision to add a needle-thin spire through the crown of the building, Chrysler was championed the “Worldʼs Tallest Building” for eleven months in the 1930 “Race of The Sky”.
One of my favourite buildings in NYC and also one of the oldest ones. Its style is a perfect mix of microdetails and macrostructure. Daha fazlasını oku.
At 870 feet tall, New York by Gehry is the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere and a singular addition to the iconic Manhattan skyline. Daha fazlasını oku.
The Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883. It was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903 and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.
Designed by Modernist master Mies van der Rohe, it has a Koons Balloon Dog sculpture in its lobby and the Four Seasons restaurant (for which Rothko made paintings) off to one side.
Checkout 'Movable Type', a media arts installation, in building lobby. Coordinated real-time fragments of quotes, archives, questions, numbers and geographic information.
This is the most beautiful & stunningly designed building in Manhattan – New York’s only Frank Gehry. It’s especially amazing at night.http://bit.ly/cNK0nS
