Various Modern Architecture, New York Photos

This photo essay includes various modern skyscrapers of New York City, other than those covered by individual landmark features.

See also: New York City Landmark Buildings
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Three buildings of World Financial Center beside former World Trade Center.
Architect: Haines Lundberg Waehler, Cesar Pelli & Assoc. Architects.

Two World Financial Center (1987) (225 Liberty St.) (44 floors).

One World Financial Center (1985) (200 Liberty St.) (40 floors).

Streetscape down Franklin Street to Shearson Lehman Plaza (1988) (388 Greenwich St.) (38 floors).
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Assoc. PC.

Astor Place (2005) (445 Lafayette St.) (21 floors) over 435 Lafayette.
Architect: Ismael Leyva Architects + Gwathmey, Siegel & Assoc.

Ground floor entrance of Astor Place.

Astor Place & Cooper Union Buildings.

Cooper Square Hotel (2008) (25-33 Cooper Square) (23 floors).
Architect: Perkins Eastman Architects P.C. + Carlos Zapata Studio.

NYU Alumni Hall (33 3rd Ave. at 9th St.) (16 floors).

BLUE Condominium (2007) at Delancey St.
Style: Deconstructivist. Architect: Bernard Tschumi.

1540 Broadway (1990) (42 floors) & 4 Times Square towers on Times Square.
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

4 Times Square (1999) (48 floors) by Fox & Fowle Architects, P.C.; Times Square Tower (2004) (47 floors) by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP; & Paramount Building around Times Square.

Bright signs & modern highrises on Times Square.

One & Five Times Square Towers plus Reuter Building on Broadway.

5 Times Square (Ernst & Young building) (2002) (40 floors).
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Assoc. PC.

Colgate-Palmolive (1955 & 2000) (300 Park Ave. at E. 49th St.) (25 floors) & Mutual of America Buildings.
Architect: Emery Roth & Sons.

Mutual of America Building (1960) (320 Park Ave. at 50th St.) (34 floors).
Architect: Emery Roth & Sons + Swanke Hayden Connell Architects.

Banco Santander & Lever House.

Banco Santander (1991) (45 East 53rd St.) (20 floors).
Architect: Rogers, Burgun, Shahine & Deschler, Inc.

Lever House (1952) (390 Park Ave. at 53rd St.) (21 floors).
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

Lever House pioneering design using curtain walls on vertical over horizontal blocks.

Citibank Building (1961) (399 Park Ave. at 53rd St.) (41 floors).
Architect: Kahn & Jacobs + Carson Lundin & Shaw.

875 3rd Ave. (1983) (29 floors).
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

Dag Hammarskjold Tower (1982) (240 East 47th Street at 2nd Ave.) (43 floors) beside One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.
Architect: Gruzen Partnership.

One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (1972) (885 2nd Avenue at 47th St.) (49 floors).
Architect: Emery Roth & Sons + Raymond & Rado.

Dag Hammarskjold Plaza with One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Holy Family Church, & Japan Society.

Trump World Tower (2001) (845 United Nations Plaza) (72 floors).
Architect: Costas Kondylis & Partners LLP Architects.

100 United Nations Plaza Tower (1986) (52 floors).
Architect: Der Scutt Architects + Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron.

One & Two United Nations Plaza (1975 & 81) (1st Ave. at East 44th St.) (39 floors).
Architect: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Assoc.

One United Nations Plaza over UN flags.

Alfred Lerner Hall (Columbia's student center) (1999) at Columbia University. Architect: Bernard Tschumi + Gruzen Samton Architects.


All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart.
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