One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza is located at 885 2nd Avenue, New York City, New York. It is a 628 ft (191m) tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1972 and has 49 floors. It has 69,675 m² of floor area and is the 65th tallest building in New York. Its main usage is office space. Canada, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Chile, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, Austria, Turkey and Denmark have their permanent missions to the United Nations located in this building.Tenants Avrett Dunce Goonsberg Dell PublishingIn fiction In Stephen King's Dark Tower series, 2 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza was built on the site of the Rose, our world's version of the Dark Tower, in order to protect it.
Trump World Tower is a residential skyscraper at 845 United Nations Plaza (First Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Construction began in 1999 and concluded in 2001.History and designDesigned by the architect Costas Kondylis, the building is 861 feet high and has 72 constructed floors (but lists 90 stories on elevator panels) with curtain wall facades of dark, bronze-tinted glass. The resulting large windows allow for extensive views of the East River and Midtown Manhattan. The building is constructed with concrete to improve its wind resistance.In 1961, the 18-story United Engineering Center was built on the site. The Center was destroyed to make way for the Trump World Tower. In 1997, Trump and his partners, including the Daewoo Corp., a South Korean conglomerate, signed a deal to purchase the site from the United Engineering Trustees for $52 million. Trump also acquired unused air rights from at least seven adjacent low-rise properties, specifically two brownstones, the Catholic Holy Family Church and the Japan Society. Demolition began in October 1998.
The Chanin Building is a brick and terra-cotta skyscraper located at 122 East 42nd Street, at the corner of Lexington Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Built by Irwin S. Chanin in 1929, it is 56 stories high, reaching 197.8m excluding the spire and 207.3m including it. It was designed by Sloan & Robertson in the Art Deco style, with the assistance of Chanin's own architect Jacques Delamarre, and it incorporates architectural sculpture by Rene Paul Chambellan.The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1978, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.DescriptionThe base of the building boasts black Belgian marble around the store fronts with a bronze frieze directly above depicting scenes of evolution. A second terra-cotta frieze runs the whole length of the lower facade, presenting a dramatic collection of angular zigzags and curvy leaves. The tower rises 22 stories and then thins into a series of setbacks, reaching a total of 56 floors. The top of the building is a series of buttresses that are illuminated from the inside at night, lighting up the recesses in the crown.
Encompassing 7.5 acres nestled between 30th and 33rd Streets, Kips Bay Towers is home to a diverse professional community of families, couples and singles.
300 East 39th Apartments, formerly Archstone East 39th, is located in Manhattan near shopping, dining, nightlife and culture. Our beautiful apartments feature floor-to-ceiling windows with amazing river and city views, oversized closets, parquet flooring, bright pass-through kitchens with granite countertops and in-home washer and dryers. You'll love the convenience of our concierge, valet, maid and dry cleaning services. Residents will also enjoy the rooftop terrace, fitness center with wall-to-wall windows and bike storage room. Getting around is even easier with the Citi Bike bike share station is located right outside our door.
Kips Bay Towers is a large two-building condominium complex in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan with a total of 1,118 units. The complex was designed by architects I.M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, with the involvement of James Ingo Freed, in the brutalist style and completed in 1965. The project was developed by Webb & Knapp.The complex occupies an area of three city blocks, or approximately, bounded by First and Second avenues and East 30th and 33rd streets. The complex includes two residential high-rise buildings each with 20 floors. Additionally, there is a three-acre private garden between the two towers featuring landscaped lawns as well as recreational spaces. Kips Bay Towers is home to more than 4,000 residents.HistoryThe project, originally known as Kips Bay Plaza, was conceived as a middle-income rental project, but was converted to condominium apartments in the mid-1980s, despite controversy with holdout tenants.The project was originally built as a slum clearance project under Title I of the Federal housing act of 1949. In November 1981, a plan to convert Kips Bay Towers into condominiums became effective, however, the conversion was bogged down in litigation. By 1984, approximately 70% of the apartments had been purchased, 50% by existing tenants and the remaining 20% by non-residents.
The Beaux Arts is a landmarked, renovated hotel built in 1929, consisting of mirror-image buildings. The two buildings house an assortment of rare features such as duplexes with floor-to-ceiling windows, working fireplaces, terraces, and original art deco accents. The buildings are conveniently located blocks away from Grand Central Station and the United Nations. Contact us today for more information!
L’Impero Restaurant is a 2003 JBF Awards winning restaurant in New York city.