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  Bill Harris
  "Manhattan"

SITE ENTRANCE
Opening page with webcam links and the notices on recent additions.

INTERNATIONAL STYLE I

Universal Pictures Building 100 Park Avenue United Nations   Secretariat Look Building 1407 Broadway Kent Building Lever Building Manufacturers Hanover   Trust Building Socony-Mobil Building Tishman Building 1065 Sixth Avenue Seagram Building Corning Glass Building	Time-Life Building 2 Broadway Chase Manhattan Bank Union Carbide Building First National City Bank Equitable Building II Bankers Trust Co. Building Sperry-Rand Building Sheraton Centre Met Life Building U.S. Plywood Building New York Hilton Hotel Chemical Bank Building New York Telephone Co.   Switching Center (W.Midtown)

INTERNATIONAL STYLE II

CBS Building Chatham Towers 860-870 U.N. Plaza University Plaza Home Insurance   Company Building Marine Midland Bank N.Y. Telephone Co. Building   (Murray Hill) American Brands Building Westvaco Building Javits Federal Office   Building General Motors Building Paramount Plaza	2 Penn Plaza 4 N.Y. Plaza 345 Park Avenue 1 Astor Plaza 1 N.Y. Plaza Interchem Building 2 N.Y. Plaza 77 Water Street Gulf + Western   Building 127 John Street Park Lane Hotel 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Exxon Building McGraw-Hill Building II

INTERNATIONAL STYLE III

1 Penn Plaza U.S. Steel Building 55 Water Street 1 & 2 World Trade   Center 88 Pine Street Seward Park Houses   Extension Celanese Building 1166 Sixth Avenue Waterside Annenberg Building Solow Building W. R. Grace Building N.Y. Telephone Co.   Building (Midtown) New York Merchandise Mart	AT&T Long Lines   Building 100 William Street 1 Bankers Trust Plaza Galleria Jacob Ruppert Brewery Project Arthur A. Schomburg Plaza U.N. Plaza - Park Hyatt   Hotel Olympic Tower 3 Park Avenue Confucius Plaza N.Y. Telephone Co.   Switching Center (Downtown) Piaget Building Sheffield Apartments Taino Towers New York Palace Hotel

POST-MODERNISM I

Citicorp Center 1001 Fifth Avenue Park Avenue Plaza 101 Park Avenue 520 Madison Avenue Philip Morris Inc.   Building Trump Tower IBM Building Sony Building 85 Broad Street Continental Center National Westmister   Bank USA 1 Seaport Plaza Wang Building Museum Tower	Dag Hammarskjold Tower Equitable Center Tower   West Marriott Marquis Hotel 7 World Trade Center 100 U.N. Plaza 599 Lexington Avenue Cityspire 33 Maiden Lane 885 Third Avenue   ('Lipstick') South Park Tower 1 Financial Square 135 E 57th Street Metropolitan Tower 17 State Street Central Park Place

POST-MODERNISM II

World Financial Center 60 Wall Street 1 Worldwide Plaza 750 Seventh Avenue 1585 Broadway Carnegie Hall Tower Bertelsmann Building Doubletree Guest Suites Millennium Broadway Hotel 712 Fifth Avenue Americas Tower Millenium Hilton Hotel Four Seasons Hotel Condé Nast Building LVMH Tower	101 West End Avenue Trump World Tower W New York - Times Square Hotel Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences,   Battery Park Lehman Brothers Building Bear Stearns World Headquarters Westin New York at Times Square 5 Times Square Random House Tower and Park   Imperial 425 Fifth Avenue Time Warner Center Bloomberg Tower and 1 Beacon   Court Times Square Tower

NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Current high-rise projects and plans in NYC.

ADDITIONAL INFO I
REGULATIONS AND OCCUPATION

NYC Department of Buildings The 1916 Zoning Regulations - and onward Fire safety Real estate taxation The Fortune 500 and corporations in the city 9/11 and the Downtown (re)occupation

ADDITIONAL INFO II
DESIGNS AND DREAMS

The 1922 Chicago Tribune Tower competition New urban plans Dreams of grandeur For the prestige - and marketing Boomin' again - background to the 1990s construction boom The "Major league" takes over New rules for debate Office building design Buildings and insurance Car parking

ADDITIONAL INFO III
CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT

In-building equipment development Construction logistics Structural notes/September 11th The facade materials The glass walls Rooftop water tanks and water supply Elevators - the lifeline Public observatories Advertisement signs

ADDITIONAL INFO IV
RENOVATION AND ENVIRONMENT

The Landmarks Preservation Commission Building renovation I - General Building renovation II - The Sony Building A.D. 1992 Building renovation III - City of renovation Telecommunications and companies Green considerations Skyscrapers and nature New York City and earthquakes An article on living in a Manhattan high-rise

ENTRANCE    CONTENTS    INTRODUCTION    ALPHABETICAL LIST

EARLY CENTURY I  &  II    ART DECO ERA I  &  II  &  III

INTERNATIONAL STYLE I  &  II  &  III    POST-MODERNISM I  &  II   

NEW DEVELOPMENTS    ADDITIONAL INFO I  &  II  &  III  &  IV

ARCHITECTS    DEVELOPERS    TOPICS INDEX    FORUM    LINKS

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