Category Archives: Week 6

Painted high on the brick wall of a building on Broadway and Waverly (NoHo), visible only from the roof deck of my friend’s building, is a huge, faded 50s Luna Park advertisement. Once visible from the street, it has long … Continue reading →

Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1989, The Flatiron building is an icon of New York City and one of the prevailing tourist attractions in the way of architecture that Manhattan has to offer.  I chose this building because … Continue reading →

The Manhattan Municipal Building sits adjacent to City Hall and is home to thirteen New York City agencies. Completed in 1914, the Municipal building was designed to consolidate a number of expanding city agencies which rented offices throughout Manhattan. The building … Continue reading →

Architecture is known to have a key role in combining the two purposes of answering a need and reflecting an artistic message or vision through aesthetic and often creative features and design. Last semester, in my seminar class (Arts in … Continue reading →

Growing up, I spent a lot of time in Central Park; for my most of my life I lived just west of the 81st Street entrance. The other day I heard about a woman, a legend of the park, who … Continue reading →

The Empire State Building is an iconic American architectural structure. The building with its antenna spire is a constant in the ever-changing Manhattan skyline. Whether it is in a news broadcast, documentary, television show or movie based in New York … Continue reading →

This evening on my way back from the subway I walked by a building on the corner of 22nd Street and Park Ave. It stood out to me as atypical, for it wasn’t a towering glassy skyrise or block of … Continue reading →

When I walk by 28th street on 3rd (or Lexington Avenue?) there are many, many South and Southeast Asian restaurants to be seen. I like walking by these restaurants on the way back to the dorm and reading menus to … Continue reading →

In Washington Heights, near the A train’s 181st Street station, there is a complex of apartment buildings that stretches for a few blocks. Running along the back, there is a driveway for residents and guests, and beyond that a garden … Continue reading →

In 2009, I spent most of my summer waiting outside the Trump International Hotel to get a glimpse of the Jonas Brothers. While I was there, I saw many interesting things. The hotel is located on Central Park West so … Continue reading →