Explore the seven years of NYC history when the city was occupied, brutalized, and eventually, liberated.
Over the years, developers have named buildings after historic references, lofty aspirations, and even their own family names. From “Empire
The Upper West Side, a neighborhood extending from West 59th Street to West 110th Street between Central Park and the
Emery Roth was a prolific New York City architect who designed many notable buildings in the 1920s and ’30s. He
Empire State. Chrysler. World Trade Center. The names of New York City buildings can be just as iconic as their
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