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HISTORIA DE LOS RASCACIELOS DE NUEVA YORK
Today, in the "Historia de los Rascacielos de Nueva York" blog (in Spanish), we share the article about two buildings of the transition to Modernism in the mid-20th century: the buildings 477 Madison Avenue and 261 Madison Avenue (1953 and 1954).
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Aerial view looking northeast of Midtown Manhattan in late September, 1970 with many new office skyscrapers.
The 102-story Empire State Building (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931) with the 40-story 1250 Broadway Tower (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1969) are on center, foreground with the 77-story Chrysler Building (William Van Allen, 1930) are visible at backgroud. The Park Avenue’s modern skyscrapers corridor, with Pan Am Building (Walter Gropius-Emery Roth & Sons-Pietro Belluschi, 1963) are visible at background, at left. The United Nations’ Secretariat Building (Wallace K. Harrison, 1950) are at background, at right. The building under construction that can be seen just behind Empire State is the 45-story 600 Third Avenue Building (Emery Roth & Sons, 1971). The steel skeleton that be begun to rises up at extreme left, on foreground, is the future W.R. Grace Building (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1972) under construction.
Photo: The Scheller Co.
Aerial view looking southwest of Midtown Manhattan and Grand Central section. Autumn, 1970.
At left is the Chrysler Building (William Van Allen, 1930). The Pan Am Building (Walter Gropius-Emery Roth & Sons-Pietro Belluschi, 1963) are at right. The crown-topped tower under construction, at background, right, is the new 54-story One Astor Plaza (Kahn & Jacobs, 1972) in Times Square.
Photo: Flash Press Agency.
Source: Pala, Enciclopedia Juvenil para: la Vida Futura. Vol. 1. España, Pala, 1974.
The new 32-story Chrysler Building East (Reinhard, Hofmeister & Walquist, 1952) at left, and the 77-story Chrysler Building (William Van Allen, 1930) en this view looking southwest from 44th Street and Third Avenue, in 1952. The 102-story Empire State Building (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931) and the 55-story Chanin Building (Sloan & Robertson, 1928) can be seen between two buildings, at background.
Photo: Ewing Galloway.
Source: "Around Manhattan Island. Cruise Guide Circle Line". New York. Circle Line, 1962.
Midtown Manhattan skyline looking northwest from the top of Metropolitan Life tower. Summer, 1952.
The Empire State Building (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931) are on foreground, center, dominating the skyline. 500 Fifth Avenue tower (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931) and Rockefeller Center’s R.C.A. Building (Associated Architects, 1933) can be seen at background, right.
Photo: Manhattan Post Card, Co./Dexter Press.Inc.
Don’t miss the new photogallery (in Spanish) about the evollution of the Manhattan skyline during 1952 (Part One) in the blog “Historia de los Rascacielos de Nueva York”.
Midtown Manhattan skyscrapers. View looking northwest from the top of Lincoln Building. Summer, 1955.
The Rockefeller Center complex dominated by 70-story RCA Building are at background, left. Central Park are visible at distance.
Photo: Acacia Card Company, New York, N.Y.
Aerial view looking southwest of Midtown Manhattan. Summer, 1955.
The Empire State (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931) and Chrysler (William Van Allen, 1930) buildings are visible at center, above. The skyscraper under construction that be visible between Empire State and Chrysler are the new Socony-Mobil Building (Harrison & Abramovitz, 1956). The United Nations Headquarters (Wallace K. Harrison, 1948-1952) are at left, foreground. Rockefeller Center complex (Associated Architects, 1931-1940) are at right, above.
Photo: Skyviews Aerial Surveys.
Source: Wallock, Leonard. "New York Culture Capital of the World 1940-1965". New York, Rizzoli, 1988.
Aerial view looking south of Midtown Manhattan. Autumn, 1955.
Photo: Fairchild Aerial Surveys
Source: “Las Maravillas del Mundo”. Spain, Codex, 1965.
The United Nations Headquarters. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive between 42nd to 48th streets and United Nations Plaza (First Avenue) Wallace K. Harrison, 1948-1952 (Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer as consultant architects).
The new UN Secretariat Building from 44th Street, between Second and First Avenue, in Tudor City. View looking east, in spring, 1950.
Photo: Samuel H. Gottscho/Gottscho-Schleisner.
Source: Progressive Architecture, June 1950.
Night view looking southeast of Midtown Manhattan skyline with Rockefeller Center complex, on foreground and the Empire State Bulding at background, right. Late 1949.
Photo: Robert Bagby.
Source: Colourpicture Publishing, Inc.
The 21-story Lever House. 390 Park Avenue between West 53rd to 54th streets. Gordon Bunshaft from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1950-1952.
View looking northwest of the new Lever House from Park Avenue and 53rd Street in spring, 1952.
Photo: Alex Langley.
Source: Architectural Forum, June, 1952.
Don’t miss the new article (in Spanish) about the Lever House in the blog “Historia de los Rascacielos de Nueva York”.
Night view looking southeast of Midtown Manhattan skyscrapers from Continental Building, in 1932.
The Bricken Casino Buildng (Ely Jacques Kahn, 1931) are on foreground, and the Empire State Building (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931) are at top left, background.
Photo: Samuel H. Gottscho.
Source: Albrecht, Donald. “The Mithic City. Photographs of New York by Samuel H. Gottscho, 1925-1940”. New York. Museum of the City of New York-Princeton Architectural Press. 2005.
The 40-story Fuller Building. 595 Madison Avenue northeast corner with 57th Street. Walker & Gillette, architects, 1929-1930.
View looking northeast of the new Fuller Building shortly after its completion. Early, 1930.
Photo: Irving Underhill.
Source: Stern, Robert A.M. Gilmartin, Gregory. Mellins, Thomas. "New York 1930. Architecture and Urbanism between the Two World Wars". Nueva York. Rizzoli. 1987.
Midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central district skyscrapers. View looking northwest. Early 1930.
The Chrysler Building (William Van Allen, 1930) nearing completion are at center, with the Daily News Building (Hood & Howells, 1930) at right,
Photo: Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Source: Bank, Gretchen G. "Master Buildier, SKYSCRAPERS". San Diego, Thunder Bay Press, 2008.
The 28-story Sinclair Oil Building. 600 Fifth Avenue northwest corner with 48th Street. Carson & Lundin, architects, 1950-1952. To be added to Rockefeller Center in 1963.
The Sinclair Oil Building. View looking nortwest from Fifth Avenue and 48th Street. Early 1952.
Photo: Ezra Stoller-ESTO.
Source: Stern, Robert A.M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David. "New York 1960. Architecture and urbanism between the Second World War and the Bicentennial". New York. The Monacelli Press. Second Edition. 1997.
Don't miss the new article (in Spanish) about the Sinclair Oil Building in the blog “Historia de los Rascacielos de Nueva York”.
The 51-story all-black-tinted glass curtain-wall facade Olympic Tower. 645 Fifth Avenue, northeast corner with East 51st. Street. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1972-1976.
The Olympic Tower under construction in this view looking west from Park Avenue and 51st Street. Circa, January, 1975.
Photo: Unknown.
Source: Page, Thomas. “New York” (New York, Crescent Books, 1980).
The 50-story aluminium and glass 1 New York Plaza. Intersection of South and Whitehall streets. William Lescaze & Associates-Nevio Maggiora-Kahn & Jacobs, architects. 1967-1969.
View looking northwest of the steel skeleton for 1 New York Plaza, under construction. Circa, September, 1968.
Photo: Wurts Brothers/Museum of the City of New York.
Source: Museum of City of New York.
NOTE: The image was made with screenshots in the MS-Paint program. It is only shown for educational and non-profit purposes, giving credit to its real owners.
