| Top Ten
NYC Architecture |
top ten
gone
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For a more complete list, see
gone
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World
Trade Center |
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Penn
Station |
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architect
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McKim,
Mead and White |
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West 34th Street and
Eighth Ave. |
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date
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1910 (Demolished 1963). |
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style
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Beaux-Arts |
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type
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Railway station Utility |
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click here for
Penn Station gallery |
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"Any city gets what it admires, will pay
for, and, ultimately, deserves. Even when we had Penn Station, we
couldn’t afford to keep it clean. We want and deserve tin-can
architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by
the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed."
- "Farewell to Penn Station," New York
Times editorial, October 30, 1963
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Madison Square Garden |
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The Waldorf Astoria |
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Singer
Building |
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Savoy-Plaza Hotel |
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architect
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McKim, Mead
and White |
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location
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767 5th Avenue at East
58th Street, NE Corner to East 59th Street |
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date
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1927 (demolished 1964). |
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style
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Art Deco
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construction
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33 floors, 128 meters |
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Hotel |
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Charles M. Schwab mansion |
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architect
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Maurice Hebert |
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location
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the entire block between West End Avenue and the
Riverside Drive, Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth streets |
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date
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1901 |
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style
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French Renaissance chateau |
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construction
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limestone |
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house |
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The
Hippodrome |
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Astor Hotel |
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architect
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Clinton & Russell |
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location
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1515 Broadway at West
44th Street, NW Corner to West 45th Street |
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date
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1904 (demolished 1967) |
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style
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Beaux-Arts |
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construction
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11 floors |
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Hotel |
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NEW YORK WORLD BUILDING |
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