Friday, August 7, 2015

ONE CHASE MANHATTAN PLAZA

"1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, 60-storyhead office building of The Chase Manhattan Bank, in New York's financial district."

INTERNATIONAL SEAMAN'S CLUB

"At the Seaman's Church Institute of New York, 25 South Street, this attractive new club offers a lounge and "cafe" serving all active American and foreign merchant seaman."

V. A. HOSPITAL

23rd St. and 1st Ave - view from 1st Ave.

WORLD TRADE CENTER (TWIN TOWERS)

"The tallest structure in New York. An amazing complex of 2 huge towers 110 stories high soaring 1350 feet into the clouds and 4 small satellite buildings 8 stories high having a total of 10 million square feet of rentable space."

WTC under construction

WTC at night
(Destroyed by terrorists September 11, 2001)

THE MANHATTAN CHURCH OF CHRIST

48 East 80th Street
"This building, entered by the Church on June 30, 1968, was made possible by contributions from Churches of Christ and individuals throughout the nation."

EAST SIDE AIRLINES TERMINAL

"Hailed as the most modern facility of its kind in the world, Manhattan's new East Side Airlines terminal was completed in December 1953 at a cost of $7 million. It serves 21 U. S. and Foreign Flag airlines and accommodates 10,000 travelers a day to and from New York's three major airports."
(Demolished 1986)

VERRAZANO - NARROWS BRIDGE

"Named after Giovanni da Verrazano, the Florentine explorer who discovered New York harbor in 1524, this 6,690 feet suspended structure is the world's largest suspension bridge. Opened to traffic November 21, 1964, the Narrows Bridge is the first permanent link between Staten Island and the rest of New York City."

"The S.S. United States, America's largest passenger ocean liner, passes beneath the world's longest suspension bridge at the onset of another trans-Atlantic crossing. Battery Weed of Historic Fort Wadsworth, Constructed in 1847-1861, is in the foreground."