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With Navi
Frame No Frames
What a sight Langston Hughes
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THIS IS
a study of New York City's most striking architectural entities, |
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No matter how you look at New York City - vertically, horizontally, upside down, sideways - one thing remains clear. New York City is the capital of the world. Rudolph W. Giuliani
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Webcam views S I T E C O N T E N T S P A G E Explanatory Squidoo listing of the site Status 8 January 2006: 212 building entries (+ the entries on New Developments) Back from the City! (25 May 1997) Back from the City pt. II (2 June 2000) Back from the City pt. III (4 October 2001) Back from the City pt. IV (17 November 2005) |
 You tell them they were twice as tall as the buildings that are there now, and they say, "How could that have been?" And you think to yourself, how could that have been? Carol Willis
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27 March: C'est muy chic. Added Glass walls in residential buildings to Additional Info III + updates to City of renovation in Additional Info IV. 18 April: Update to the UN extension saga as well as another dot of green light at the end of tunnel for the Second Ave. subway. Also updates to New developments. 10 September: Big site, small integrity As one can see, the site hasn't been updated (except for the forum entries) in quite a long while. The original intention of updating all the building entries on the site to a properly studied, updated and presented form was put promptly on hold early in the year, after only a few entries, due to the widespread and deliberate plagiarism by emporis.com, the commercial building data site, on approx. 60 of its NYC entries. Compare yourselves.
The site had been notified long ago, but it became clear this year that
Time will tell when I'll continue the updates,
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WTC site webcam
and time-lapse films about the rebuilding. A user-controllable, multi-view cam from the Empire State Building. (Requires registration) by ESB TowerCams Crossroads of the World, several webcams in Times Square. by Earthcam 2 Columbus Circle "Shame Cam". by Landmark West Fifth Avenue and 45th Street, a Midtown street corner cam. by riotmanhattan.com Hoboken Pier Cam, a view from NJ towards Midtown Manhattan. by erikthered.com (The Brooklyn Bridge cam removed) post-9/11 pictures by romDog Intellicast's Current weather and forecast - New York State weather radar map. |
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A R C H I T E C T U R E P H O T O S : Architecture photos from New York City. This is a "shortcut" to the images presented on this skyscraper site. S K Y S C R A P E R P R E S S: The Skyscraper Press collects various press clippings that are connected with the NYC skyscrapers, from hilarious to tragical. S K Y S C R A P E R F O R U M : The Skyscraper Forum is for discussion about topics related to New York's skyscrapers. You can submit your questions or, in turn, post your answers or comments to others' messages. T O P I C A L I N D E X : The Topical Index lists some of the terms and topics encountered on the site -- it may help you find the issue you're looking for without searching throughout the site. A R C H I T E C T U R E L I N K S : Links to various architecture resources and databases on the Web.
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 MAPS: DOWNTOWN VILLAGES WEST MIDTOWN EAST MIDTOWN UPTOWN GREATGRIDLOCK INDEX
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