Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Ford Foundation Building
Center
Lever House
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Tudor City
Midtown Architecture
Lever House
This 24-story building of glass
and steel by Gordon Bunshaft was
the first “glass box” in New York
(see p44)
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390 Park Avenue
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Map H4
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Lobby open during
office hours
Fred F. French Building
Built for the best-known real
estate firm of its day, this 1927
building is opulent inside and
out. Don't miss the lobby.
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521
5th Av
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Map J3
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Lobby open during
office hours
General Electric Building
This 1931 Art Deco building
has a clock whose arms grasp at
lightning bolts.
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570 Lexington
Avenue
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Map H4
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Closed to public
Tudor City
Fred R. French created this
mock-Tudor enclave, designed to
prove that middle-class housing
could succeed in Midtown.
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1st
to 2nd Avenues, 40th to 43rd sts
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Map
J4-K4
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Lobby open during office hours
Chanin Building
One of the great early Art
Deco skyscrapers (c.1929) notable
for its terra-cotta frieze and bronze
band illustrating the theory of evo-
lution.
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122 East 42nd Street
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Map K4
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Lobby open during office hours
NY Yacht Club
The window bays of this 1899
private club are the carved sterns
of ships, sailing on a sea of sculp-
ted waves.
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37 West 44th Street at
5th Av
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Map J3
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Closed to public
Daily News Building
The
Daily News
has moved
on, but this fine 1930 building is
still an Art Deco classic. Step
inside and marvel at the revolving
globe.
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220 East 42nd Street at
2nd Av
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Map K4
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Lobby open during
office hours
American Standard
Building
Raymond Hood's first New York
skyscraper is an ornate black
tower built in 1924, now a hotel.
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40 West 40th Street
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Map K3
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Lobby
open during office hours
Ford Foundation
Considered one
of the city's best
modern designs
(1967). Every office
opens onto a skylit,
12-story atrium with
lush landscaping and
a pond.
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320 East
43rd Street at 1st Av
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Map J4
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Lobby open
during office hours
Condé Nast
Building
The 48-story tower,
built in 1999, is stri-
king and environmen-
tally friendly, with
photovoltaic cells
on the façade and
integrated recycling
chutes.
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4 Times
Square
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Map J3
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Lobby
open during office hours
Lexington
Av
Fifth Av
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51st St
47th-
50th St
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Grand Central
42nd St
Times Sq
42nd St
Fifth Av
For more on architecture
See pp46-7
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