Footnote to Jack's NY Building Tour

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Footnote to Jack's NY Building Tour - DrFoix - 12-23-2005

Thanks to FPW for the complete list. The site below will allow you to "tour" the buildings from your computer. -Chris

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/ARCH/ARCH-ALPHA.htm

Here are some of Jack's favorite buildings. The first 2 are international landmarks, but they become a little more obscure -- to out of towners -- after that:

Chrysler Building – E. 42nd

Flat Iron

The old Pythian Club (now apts) - 135 W. 70th

The Level Club (build by Masons) on W. 70th

Hearst Magazine Building - 959 8th Ave. (57th & 8th) 6 stories with urn-topped columns jutting above the roofline at each corner and over the entry arch.

The Radiator Building – 40 W. 40th

Woolworth Building (esp. lobby) 233 broadway

Sherry-Netherland Hotel – 781 5th

Jefferson Market Courthouse – 6th Ave & 10th

NY Yacht Club – W. 44th (the windows look like the stern of a galleon)
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Footnote to Jack's NY Building Tour - Maggers - 12-23-2005

That's a fun list.

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UES/UES022.htm

This little building is often overlooked on the East Side. It's just a few blocks south of where I live and a few blocks up from Gia's house on 58th and Sutton Square.

For those of you who haven't seen them, check out the "Sutton Square" photos for a peek at Gia's house...or at least the building I've always believe to be Vicky's aunts' mansion.

I added a new album with 3 somewhat blurry shots of Gia's house at Christmas. They were taken at night. I didn't want to use the flash; there was a party going on and people were coming to the windows to check out the flashes. Best I could do.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maggers2240/album?.dir=65ae&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maggers2240/my_photos

Footnote to Jack's NY Building Tour - Kenji - 12-24-2005

DrFoix Wrote:Thanks to FPW for the complete list. The site below will allow you to "tour" the buildings from your computer. -Chris

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/ARCH/ARCH-ALPHA.htm

Thanks for great list, DrFoix. That's why "I LOVE NY" is popular logo. Wink

Footnote to Jack's NY Building Tour - NewYorkjoe - 12-24-2005

There are so many remarkable buildings in NYC, because the architetural styles are so diverse.

Some other buildings that I number among my favorites include:

The Empire State Buiding (it's fascinating to think that the topmost spire was envisioned as a mooring for airships, rather than the TV transmitter/receiver)

The Dakota (before John Lennon's murder, there was Rosemary's Baby)

The Ghostbuster's Building (name escapes me, though I did have friends from school that lived there, it's only two blocks south of the Dakota on Central Park West)

The Seagram's Building (one of the first metal and glass boxes, bronze alloy)

In my old neighborhood, in Sutton Place, there were some very old tenements with many layers and levels, tunnels and chutes, each a veritable warren of mystery. Such may figure in my current story I'm working.

Remember the old horror movie "Q" about a flying feathered serpent (Quetzlcoatl) that lived in the dome of the Chrysler Building?

Merry Christmas to all
NewYorkjoe

Footnote to Jack's NY Building Tour - Pleiades - 12-24-2005

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http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maggers2240/album?.dir=65ae&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maggers2240/my_photos

Maggers,

Thanks for the link to your photos. They were lots of fun to look at. GU4 looked like fun.

Footnote to Jack's NY Building Tour - Maggers - 12-24-2005

Pleiades Wrote:Maggers,

Thanks for the link to your photos. They were lots of fun to look at. GU4 looked like fun.

You're welcome! GU 4 was great. I was just talking to Lisa and Marc about it last night. Newbies, and I was one, were welcomed with open arms. I highly recommend attending one if you can.