28th April 2012

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30th September 2011

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Grand Central Terminal. 

30th September 2011

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Campbell Apartment in Grand Central. Today, it is used as a bar. Great atmosphere, yet drinks are quite expansive. 

5th September 2011

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Sylvan terrace in Boardwalk Empire Season 1, Episode 6. 

Morris-Jumel Mansion stands at the center of the snapshot. 

These historic buildings are at the 160th Street and Jumel Terrace, New York. 

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30th August 2011

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Lever House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, built in 1951. 

30th August 2011

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Seagram Building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, completed in 1958.

Seagram Building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, completed in 1958.

30th August 2011

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The New York Palace Hotel, originally Villard Mansion designed by McKim, Mead, and White in 1882. The house is in Neo-Italian Renascence style, and the 55-story hotel was added behind of the mansion in 1974 by Emery Roth & Sons. Its address is 455 Madison Avenue. 

(information from Wikipedia)

29th July 2011

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Vintage Photos: Manhattan in the 1940s →

Photo: Courtesy of Charles W. Cushman Photography Collection / Indiana University Archives

Photo: Courtesy of Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection / Indiana University Archives

4th June 2011

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Rem Koolhaas talking about preservation.

30th May 2011

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Tyler Durden: You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
— Fight Club (1999)