MANHATTAN N.V.

MAP GUIDE
The buildings listed represent ali periods of Nim York architecture. In many casesthe notion of significant building or "monument" is an unfortunate format to adhere to, and a portion of a street or an area of severatblocks is listed. Many 'buildings which are of historic interest on/y have not been listed. Certain new buildings, which have replaced significant works of architecture, have been purposefully omitted. Also commissions for interiorsonly, such as shops, banks, and showrooms have not been included.

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Shrine of BlessedMother Seton.(JamesWatson House). 1793 7 State St. between Pear/ and Whitehall St. Attributed 1'0 John M.cCombJr. United States Customs House. 1"907 Bow/ing Green (south sidel and Whitehall Sto CassGilbert Oscar's Delmonico, 1891 56 Beaver Sto cnr. of William and Beaver Su. James Brown Lord Lehrnan Brothers Building. 1 William St. Cnr.of William and Seaver Sts. First Precinet '''olice Station. 1909 Corner of South Sto and O/d S/ip Sto Richard Howland and Joseph Howland Hunt New York Stock Exchange. 1903 8 Broad St. Between Wall S1. and Exchange PIo George B. Post Federal Hall National Memorial. 1842 Wall St. endNesseu Sto (N.E. cornerl Originally Customs House 1842 to 1862. Subtreasury Buildinq from 1862.to 1925. Trinity ChUTCh. 1846 Broadway at Wall St. Richard Upjohn Marine Midland Bank. 1967 140 Broadway Skidmore, 'owings and Merrill. ChaseManhattan Bank and Plaza. 1960 Between Nassau, William, Liberty and Pine Sts. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Chamber of.Commercs of the State of New York.1902 65 Liberty Sto (N.W. corner Liberty Ptece] James B..Baker Federal ReserveBank of New York. 1924 33 Liberty St. between William and Nassau Su. York and Sawyer World Trade Center (under construction) Bounded by West"Washington, Barc/ay, West Broadway, Vesey, Church and Liberty Sts. Minoru Yamasaki and Assoe. and Emery Roth and Sons Two 110 storv offiee towers. St. Paul's Chapel. 1766 Broadway and Fu/ton Sts. Thomas MeBean Garison Building (New York Evening Post Building). 1906 20 Vesey St. between Church and Broadway Robert D. Kohn Woolworth Building. 1913 233 Broadway between Park PI. and Barclay St. CassGilbert 15 Park Row. 1899
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38 Park Row. 113 Park Row and B kman St. N. Y. Starkweather City Hall. 1811 Broadway and Park Row (in City Hall Perk} Mangin and McComb Criminal Court of the City of New York. 1872 '52 Chambers St. John Kellum Surrogates Court. 1911 31 Chembers St. at Centre St. John R. Thomas and Horgan and Siatery Municipal Building. 1914 Chambers St. at Centre Sto McKim, Mead and White Brooklyn Bridge. 1860-1883 Manhattan approach from City Hall Park John A. Roebling and Washington Roebling. The'new Police Headquarters Building. 1972 Between Park Row, Duane Sto and the approach to the Brook/yn Bridge. Gruzen and Partners (formerly Kelly and .Gruzen). Chatham Green. 1961 185 Park Row. Between Park Row and Worth Sto Kelly and Gruzen Chatham Towers. 1965 170 Park Row. Between Perk Row and Worth Sto Kelly and Gruzen 317 and 3'19 Broadway. 1'865 Broadway at Thomas St. J.B.Snook 3'46 Broadway (formerly New York Life Insurance Co.). 1870 Broadway to Lafayette St. at Leonard Sto Griffith Thomas. Remodelled by McKim, Mead and White who are responsible for the Broadway facade. 85,87-89 Leonard St. 1862 James Bogardus Cast Iron. 85 Leonard St. was Bogardus' own .warehouse. Edgar H. Laing Stores. 1849 N. W. corner of Washington and Murray Su. James Bogardus Oldest existing cast iron fronts in the USo Washington.Street Market Buildings. 1791-1828 314,315-317,327-329,331 Washington Street, 29-33 Harrison Street. These buildings are to be renovated as part of the urban renewal pian Western Union Building. 1930 6.0 Hudson St. Between Thomas and Worth Su. Voorhees, Grnelin and Walker See briek work in lobby. Roosevelt Building. 1874 478-482 Broadway (E. sidel.between Broome and Grand Sts. Riehard Morris Hunt. Possibly influeneed by V. Le Due's iron fantasies. Haughwout Building. 1857 488-492 Broadway. N.E. corner of Broadway and Broome Sto J. P. Gavnor (and the Badger Iron Works) This building eontains the first praetical passengerelevator installed by Elisha Graves Otis, founder of the Otis Elevator Co. Mercer Street from Canal St. to Houston St. Cast iron buildings.
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56 Washington Square Memorial Arch. 188992 101 Spring St. Washington Sq. at Fifth A ve. N. E. corner of Spring and Mercer Sts. Stanford White 38 Little Singer Building. 1907 First erected in wood, 1876. 561 Broadway. W side of Broadway at Prince St. 57 Washington Mews Ernest Flagg From Fifth Ave. to University PIobetween Not a cast iron front. Cur.tain wall is of steel, Washington Sq. North and E. 8th St. glass,and terra cotta. 58 Housesalong Washington Sq. North, Nos. 39 Cable Building. 1894 1-13. ea. )831. Nos. 21-26.1830 621 Broadway. Broadway at Houston Sto Martin Thompson (N.W. corner], 59 Macdougal Alley McKim, Mead and White Cu/-de-sac from Macdouga/ St. between 40 Bayard-Condict Building. 1898 Washington Sq. North and W 8th St. (E. sidel * 65 B/eecker St. N. side of B/eecker Sto at 60 Tenth Church of Christ Scientist. 1967 Crosby Sto 171 Macdouga/ Sto between Washington Sq. Louis Sullivan N~ anqW 8th Sto (W side of Macdouga/ sa The ground floor has been altered. Vietor Christ-Janer 41 1 Bond Street. 1871 61 The Church of the Ascension. 1841 S. side of Bond St. between Broadway and Fifth Ave at tom Sto (N. W. corner} Lafayette Richard Upjohn. Interior remodelled 1889, S. D. Hatch McKim, Mead and White. 42 376 Lafayette St. 1888 62 "English Terrace" Row. 1855-56 N. W. corner Lafayette at Great Jones.St. 20-40 W. 10th Sto between Fifth and Sixth Henry J. Hardenbergh Aves ..(S. side} . 43 Engine Co. No. 33. 1898 63 Jefferson Market Library. 1876 44 Great Jones.St. between Lafayette Sto and .w. 10th St ..at Sixth Ave. (S.w. cornerl. Bowery Vaux and Withers. Interior renovated, 1967, Ernest Flagg and W. B. Chambers Giorgio Cavaglieri. 44 DeVinne PressBuilding. 1-885 399 Lafayette St. N.E. cnr. Lafayette and 4th St. 64 .Townhouses. West 't t th St. between Fifth and Sixth A ves. Babb, Cook .and Willard '65 31-33 West 1'2th St. 1890 45 La Grange Terrace, 1833 'Between Fifth end'Sixtn. (N. side). 428-434 Lafayette St .. w. side, between 4th .J. B. Soook and Son St. and Astor PIo 66 Butteriield House. 1962 Alexander Jackson Davis 37 W. 12th St. bet, Fifth end Sixtb A ves. 46 New YOTkShakespeareF.estivalIformerly Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass Astor Library). 18l9-81 67 The New School for Social Research. 1930 425 Lafayette Sto E. side, between 4th St. and '66 W. 12th St. bet. Fifth and Sixtb A ves. Astor PIo Joseph Urban Griffith Thornas. Renovated 1967, Giorgio 68 St. Lukes Piace. Housesalong N. side. Cavaglieri. Between Hudson and 7th Ave. South (St. 47 Cooper UnionFoundationBuilding. 1859 Lukes P/ace is en extension of Leroy St.l. Between Bowery and Third A ve. from 7th St. 69 Townhouses. to Astor PIo Morton Street from Bedford to Hudson St. Frederick A. Peterson 70 US Federal Building. 1892-99 48 Renwick Triangle hownhousesl. 1880 114-128 10th St. and 23-35 Stuyvesant Sto 641 Washington St. Washington to Greenwich between Second and Third A ves. St. between Barrowand Christopher Sts. 49 St. Mark's in the Bowery. 1799 Willoughby J. Edbrooke Second A ve. at 10th St. (N.W. cornerl 71 Westbeth.artists' housing. (fDrmerly Beli Steeple added 1828, Cast iron portico 1854 . Telephone labsl. 1969 Washington to West Su. between Bethume 50 New Wanamaker Sto re. 1903 and Bank Sts. Broadway to Fourth A ve. 'bet-ween 8th and 9th Sto Riehard Meier and Assoeiates. 72 T ownhouses. Daniel H. BurnhamandCo. W. tun St. Waver/y PIoand B/eecker St. 51 'University Village. 1966 B/eeckerto Houston Sts. between W. 73 Townhouses. Broa.dway and Mercer St. Bank St. Between Waver/y PIoand W. 4th St. '14 I. M. Pei and Partners Robert D. Brown residence and gallery 52 Washington'Square Village. 195658 (formerly Jackson Sq. braneh library). 1887 Bleecker Sto to W. 3rd St. between W. 251-"2 West 't Stn St. c nr. Greenwich Broadway and Mercer St. Riehard Morris Hunt. Renovated 1971, Paul S. J. Kessler, PauI.Lester Weiner, consultant. Rudolph. 63 Tisch Hall. New York University (under '75 WarnrHudnut Building (formerly B. Altman 'Department Storel. 1877-.1880 construetion). 621 Sixth Ave. between 18th and 19th Su. W. 3rd Sto between Mercer St. and W. 'Broedwev, D. and J. Jardine. Cast lron Philip Johnson and Riehard Foster 54 Hotel Greenwich (origimilly Milis Hotel No. 76 Hugh O'Neill department store. 1875 1). 1896 655-671 Sixth A ve. bet, 20th and 21st SU. 160 B/eecker St. between Thompson and Mortirner C. Merritt Sullivan Su. (S. sidel. 77 New York Merchandise Co. (formerly Stern Ernest Flagg -Brothers Dept.Store). 1878 55 Judson Memorial Baptist Church. 1892 32-46 W. 23rd St. bet. Fifth and Sixth A ves. 55 Washington Square South Henry Fernbach. Store expanded in 1892:93 37

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~ 164 Manhattan House Apartments. 1950 ~ 200 E. 66th. 65th to 66th Sts. from Second to Third A ves. > Skidmore, Owings and Merril!. Mayer and ~ ...... Whittlesey ~165 Park East Synagogue. 1890 163 E. 67th St. between Lexington and Third A ves. (N. side) Schneider and Herter 166 39th Engine Co. Fire House. 1882 157 E. 67th Sto between Lexington and Third A ves. (N. side) N. LeBrun and Son 167 19th Precinct Police Station. 1890 153 E. 67th St. between Lexington and Third A ves. (N. side) 168 Regency Whist Club. 1904 15 E. 67th Sto Ernest Flagg 169 854 Fifth Ave. (formerly R. Livingston Beekman Housel. 1905 Between 67th and 68th Sts. Warren and Wetmore 170 680684 Park Ave. (formerly Percy Pyne House). 1911 N. W. corner of Park A ve. and 68th Sto McKim, Mead and White 171 690 Park Ave. Italian Consulate (formerly Davidson House}. 1917 S.W. corner Park A ve. and 69th Sto Walker and Gillette 172 723 Park Ave. (formerly Milliken House) N. E. corner of Park A ve. and 70th St. 173 Fine townhouses 68th St. between Fifth and Park A ves. 174 Fine townhouses 69th St. between Fifth and Lexington A ves. 175 Fine townhouses 70th St. between Fifth and Lexington A ves. (particularly Park to Lexington A ves.) 176 Frick Collection (Henry Clay Frick House). 1914 1 E. 70th St. N.E. cnr. 70th St. and Fifth A ve. Carrere and Hastings 177 Fine townhouses 71st St. between Fifth and Madison A ves. 178 Fine townhouses 72nd St. between Fifth and Madison A ves. 179 .Fine townhouses 73rd St. between Fifth and Madison A ves. 180 11 E. 73rd St. (formerly Joseph Pulitzer Residence). 1903 McKim, Mead and White 181 Fine townhouses 74th St. between Fifth and Madison A ves. 182 32 E. 74th St. 1935 Between Madison andPark A ves. (S. side) William Lescaze 183 Whitney Museum, 1966 Madison A ve. at 75th St. (S.E. corner} Marcel Breuer and Hamilton S1lith 184 Richard Feigan Gallery and townhouse. 1969 27 E. 79th St. between Fifth and Madison A ves. (N. side) Hans Hollein 185 Originally George Rives House. 1908 69 E. 79th St. Carrere and Hastings 186 998 Fifth Ave. 1910 Fifth A ve. at 81st St. McKim, Mead and White 187 Metropolitan Museum of Art. 187919'0 Fifth A ve. between 80th and 84th St. (W. side of Fifth A ve.} Originai building by Calvert Vaux and J. Wrey
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and addition of plaza and fountains, 1970, bv Kevin Roche, John Dinkerloo Associates. 188 Fine townhouses 82nd St. between Fifth and Madison A ves. 189 Cherokee Apartments. 1900 77th to 78th Sts. between York A ve. and Cherokee PI. facing Cherokee PI. Ernest Flagg 190 Henderson Piace 86th St. between York and East End A ves. A cut-de-ssc street off the N. side of 86th St. 191 Houseson W. side of East End Ave. East End A ve. between 86th and 87th Sts. (facing Cari Schurz Park) 192 Gracie Mansion. 1799 88th St. and Cari Schurz Park New York City Mayor's residence 193 Julia Coblens Residencefor boys and girls. 1968 217 E. 87th Sto between Second and Third A ves. (N. side) Horace Ginsbern and Associates A bit of LeCorbusier's LaTourette nicelv adopted to a party wall, city street, site, 194 Vivo tnstitute for Jewish Research (formerly William Starr Miller House), 1914 1048 F ifth A ve. (S. E. cnr. Fifth A ve. and 86th St.) Carrere and Hastings 195 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. 1959 * Fifth A ve. between 88th and 89th Sts. Frank Lloyd Wright 196 Columbia School of Social Work (formerly Andrew Carnegie House). 1901 2 E. 91 st Sto (S. E. cnr. F iitt: A ve. and 91 st St.) Babb, Cook and Willard 197 Formerly JarnesA.Burden Residence. 1902 7 E. 91stSt. Warren and Wetmore 198 Convent of the Sacred Heart (formerly Otto Kahn House). 1918 1 E. 91 st St. (N.E. cnr. Fifth A ve. and 91 st St.) Gilbert and Armstrong Stenhouse 199 Formerly John Hammond House. 1902 .9 E. 91stSt. Carrere and Hastings 200 National Audubon Society (formerly Willard Straight House). 1914 1130 Fifth A ve. (N.E. corner 94th SU Delano and Aldrich 201 Fine townhouses 94th Sto between Fifth and Madison Aves. 202 Municipal Asphalt Plant. 1944 90th to 91 st Sts ..between F irst A ve. and East River Drive Kahn and Jacobs 203 'Church of.the.Resurrection, 1965 325 E. 101st St. between First and SecondA ve. Victor Lundy 204 American Bible Society:Building. 1966 1865 Broadway. Broadway at 61st Sto Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 205 Milstein Building. 1970 Broadway between 63rd and 64th St. (E. side) 206 New York6tatL Theater. 1964 LincotnCenter for the PertorminqArts. Columbus A ve. between 62nd and 63r.d Sto (S.E. eorner} Philip Johnson and Richard Foster 207 Philharmonic Hall. 1962 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Columbus between 64th and 65th Sto Max Abramovitz 208 Metropolitan Opera House. 1966 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Amsterdam A ve. and 65th St. Eero Saarinen and Associates 210 Librarv-Museum of the Performing Arts. 1965 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts . Links Vivian Beeumont Theater and the Opera House Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 211 Juilliard School of Music. 1968 Broadway betwen 65th and 66th Sts. Pietro Belluschi, Eduardo Catalano, Westermann and Miller 212 The Dakota Apartments. 1884 * 1 W. 72nd St. (N.W. cnr. Centrai Park West) I-fenry J. Hardenbergh 213 The Dorilton. 1900 171 W. 71st Sto Broadway between 71st and 72nd Sts. Janesand Leo 214 Centrai SavingsBank. 1928 2100 Broadway, Broedwev at 73rd Sto York and Sawyer 215 Ansonia Hotel. '902 2107 Braodway between 73rd and 74th St. Graves and Duboy 216 Apthorp Apartments. 1908 211 Broadway. From Broadway to West End A ve. between 78th nd 79th Sts. Ctinton and Russell 217 New York Historical Society. 1909 '170 Centrai Park West at 77th St. York and Sawyer 2.18 American Museum of Natural History. Centrai Park West from 77th,to 81st Sts. 77th Sto building 1877 (Romanesque Revivall by J. C. Cady and CO. 219 81st St. between Centrai Park West and Columbus Ave. (N. side) 220 Church of St. Mathew and St. Timothy. 1969 26 W. 84th Sto (S. side) 2Jl Stone houses.85th St. Nos. 19 to 47. Between Centrai Park West endColumbus Ave. on N. side of St., Nos. 1947 222 Belnord Apartments. 1908 201225 W. 86th St..8.6th to 87th Sts. .between Amsterdam and Broadway. Hobart Weekes 223 St. Urban Apartment -House 285 Centrai Park West at.89th St. 224 31,33,35 W. 93r.dSt. ca 1890 Between Centrai Park West and Columbus A ve. 225 Upper West Side Urban Renewal Area Columbus A ve. from 90th St. to 96th St. An.assortrnent of highrise apartment buildings completed 1969,to 1971 as middle income publically assistedhousing 226 Pomander Walk. 1921 '94th to 95th Sts. between Broadway and West End A ve. 227 Towers Nursing Home. ,1887 2 West 106th St. [et Centrai Park west! Charles C. Haight 228 Master Institute and RiversideMuseum. 1929 310 Riverside Or. (at w. 103rd se) Helmle, Corbett and Harrison, and Sugarman 'and Berger ,229 Fine Town houses 105th Sto between West EndAve. and Riverside Or. 230 Columbia University 114th to 120th Sts. between Broadway and Amsterdam A ve. Planned by McKim, Mead and White 231 Avery Hall {Columbia Universityl. 1912
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extensive collection of architectural books rn the United States. 232 Barnard College 116 to 120th St. between Broadway and Claremont A ves. Barnard Hall 1917, Arnold W. Brunner '233 New York Public Library, 115th St. Branch. 1908 115th St. between Seventh and Eighth A ves. McKim, Mead and White 234 Graham Court Apartments. 1901 N.E. corner of 116th Sto and Seventh A ve. C!illt'on and Russel 235 St. Martin's Church. 1888 230 Lenox A ve. [et 122nd St.} William A. Potter 236 Mount Morris Park Recreation Center. 1969 Mount Morris Park West tet 122nd St.} Lundquist and Stonehill 237 New York State Community ServicesCenter. 1969 10 Mount Morris Park West (et 121nd St.} Russoand Sonder 238 Watchtower. 1857 On top of Mount Morris. Mount Morris Park East 1215t St. and Fifth A ve. James Bogardus 239 Strivers Row. 1891 W. 138th St. and W. 139th St. between Seventh and Eighth A ves. Row houseson the S. side of 138th St. James Brown Lord, Bruce Pr;'ceand Clarence Luce. Row houseson the N. side of 139th St. McKim, Mead and White 240 Riverbend,Apartments. 1968 Fifth A ve. at 138th Sto end the Harlem River Drive. Davis, Brodv and Associates 241 C'olonial Park Play Center 146th St. and Bradhurst A ve. 242 Dunbar Apartments. l28 149St. to 150th St. between Seventb and Eighth A ves. Andrew J. Thomas 243 Harlem River Houses. 1937 151st St. to 153rd. Sto from Seventh A ve. to Macomb P1. Archibald M. Brown, Horace Ginsbern, Charles F. Fuller, Richard W. Bucklev, John L Wilson, Frank J. Foster, Will R. Amon. 244 City College.,North CBmpus. 1903-07 138th to 140th St. between Amsterdam and St. Nicholas Terrace George B. Post 245 Hamilton GrBnge. 1802 287 Convent A ve. between ,141 and 142nd Sto John McComb 246 Fine townhouses Convent A ve. between 141 and 144th Sts. 247 Fine townhouses ,144th St. between Hamilton Terrace and A msterdam A ve. 248 GeorgeWashington Bridge Bus Station. 1963 Between Washington and Wadsworth A ves. at the George WashingtonBridge. Port of N.V. Authorityand Pier Luigi Nervi Previous maps in this seriesof city guides: 1 London (7/661. 2 Helsinki (8/661. 3 Copenhagen (9/661. 4 Rome (10/66). 5 Milan {11/661. 6 Stockholm {1/671. 7 Prague {6/691. 8 Brighton {7/671.9 Rotterdam (4/69). 10 Amsterdam (5/691. 11 Madrid (7/691. 12 Barcelona (8/69!. 13 Berlin (9/69).14 Vienna (10/69). 15 Paris (11/69).
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