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WALK/DONT WALK signs first appeared in the late 1950s, along with the large, guy-wired stoplights they were most often attached to, on busier NYC streetcorners. And so they remained, for over four decades, until the DOT converted the signs to the more energy efficient pictograms starting in 1999. The DOT did see fit to insert the grammatically correct apostrophe.
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The W.R. Grace Building is a 192m (630 ft) tall, 50-story skyscraper located on the former site of Stern's department stores' flagship location and headquarters.
Designed principally by Gordon Bunshaft, of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,and completed in 1971, the he building was commissioned by the W.R. Grace Corporation, and was also used by the Deloitte & Touche Corporation. One of the notable aesthetic attributes of the building is the slope of its facade on 43rd Street, which is similar to another of Bunshaft's New York creations, the Solow Building.
The exterior of the building is covered in white travertine which forms a contrast from the black windows. The white makes the building appear brighter than the surrounding buildings however highlights the windows too. The building's plaza on the 43rd Street side extends to the Sixth Avenue corner and it, as well as the sidewalk on the 42nd Street side of the building, is clad in the same white travertine as used on the building's facades.
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This massive seven-ton, 15-foot tall cast bronze statue of the colossal Titan Atlas has stood at the 630 Fifth Avenue main entrance frontcourt to Rockefeller Plaza since it was installed in January, 1937. Conceived and designed by Lee Lawrie, and modeled by Rene Chambellan, it depicts the story of Atlas from Greek mythology. The largest sculptural work in Rockefeller Center, it embodies both the Center's mythical and heroic theme as well as its Art Deco style.
Atlas, brother of Prometheus, was a Titan--one of the race of half-god half-man giants who warred against Zeus and the Olympic gods. After their defeat, Atlas was condemed to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders for his role in the uprising. The world is represented by an armillary spehere with the north-south axis poitning to the North Star. Affixed to one of the sphere's rings are symbols for twelve constellations through which the Sun passes during the year. Laid across his shoulders is a wide, curved beam that displays a frieze of the traditional symbols for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Adjacent to Earth (over Atlas's right forearm) is a small crescent symbolizing the Moon. Atlas is depicted with exaggerated musculature and a stylized body, characteristic of Art Deco style. His face, deeply furrowed, Atlas stands perched atop a simple 9-foot granite pedestal--knees bent, with one leg overhanging, emphasizing the great burden he was made to carry. The warm brown patina not only draws attention, but contrasts against the white limestone of its background buildings. The pedestal is uniquely placed so that its corner faces off against Fifth Avenue to give the illusion of flow and space.
German-born Lee Lawrie was well known as an architectural sculptor. His work can be found at St. Thomas Church and throughout Rockefeller Center: Wisdom, flanked on the left by Light and on the right by Sound at 30 Rockefeller Plaza; Winged Mercury and Heraldic Lions at the British Empire Building; Fleur-de-lis and Seeds of Good Citizenship at La Maison Française; Progress at One Rockefeller Plaza; The Story of Mankind, Saint Francis of Assisi, Swords into Plowshares, Columbia Greeting a Woman, Boatman, Fourteen coats of Arms, and Corncucopia of Plenty at the International building.
Rene Paul Chambellan, an architectural modeler and sculptor, was born in 1893 in West Hoboken. He was one of the foremost practitioners of what was then called the French Modern Style and has subsequently been labeled Zig-Zag Moderne, or Art Deco. His sculpture adorns landmarks like the American Radiator Building, the Chicago Tribune Building, the New York Life Insurance Building, Carew Tower, the Chanin Building, Beekman Tower and the Daily News Building. His other pieces around Rockefeller Center include the decorative drain covers and fountainhead sculptures in the Channel Gardens, the Motifs from the Coats of Arms of the British Isles and Pageant of French History.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral is the largest decorated gothic-style Catholic Cathedral in the United States. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church. The cathedral is built of white marble quarried in New York and Massachusetts. The exterior is 120 m (400 feet) long and 53 m (174 feet) wide and seats about 2200. The spires rise 330 feet from street level.
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Rockefeller Center was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1985. St. Patrick's Cathedral was designated as such in 1966.
In 2007, St. Patrick's Cathedral was ranked #11 on the AIA 150 America's Favorite Architecture list. Rockefeller Center was ranked #56.
Rockefeller Center National Register #87002591
St. Patrick's Cathedral National Register #76001250
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St. Patrick's Cathedral is the largest decorated gothic-style Catholic Cathedral in the United States. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church. The cathedral is built of white marble quarried in New York and Massachusetts. The exterior is 120 m (400 feet) long and 53 m (174 feet) wide and seats about 2200. The spires rise 330 feet from street level.
St. Patrick's Cathedral was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966.
In 2007, St. Patrick's Cathedral was ranked #11 on the AIA 150 America's Favorite Architecture list.
St. Patrick's Cathedral National Register #76001250
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