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The Woolworth Building: A Five-and-Dime Fortune Becomes a Skyscraper
By Solomon Rokowsky
The Empire State Building: A Depression-Era Gamble That Became a Symbol
By Solomon Rokowsky
The Dakota: The Upper West Side Apartment House That Came First
By Solomon Rokowsky
Brooklyn Army Terminal: A Concrete Machine for Moving a Nation
By Solomon Rokowsky
Conference House: The Staten Island Manor Where Peace Talks Failed
By Solomon Rokowsky
Sailors’ Snug Harbor: From Mariners’ Home to Staten Island Cultural Campus
By Solomon Rokowsky
Poe Cottage: A Small Bronx House at the End of a Literary Life
By Solomon Rokowsky
Van Cortlandt House: The Bronx’s Oldest House and the Labor Behind It
By Solomon Rokowsky
The Flatiron Building: How an Awkward Plot Became a New York Landmark
By Solomon Rokowsky
The Chrysler Building: A Machine-Age Crown for Midtown
By Solomon Rokowsky
The Philip Howard Apartments: A Vertical Neighborhood on Flatbush Avenue
By Solomon Rokowsky
The New York State Pavilion: Queens’ Space-Age Ruin Moves Toward Renewal
By Solomon Rokowsky
The TWA Flight Center: When an Airport Learned to Fly
By Solomon Rokowsky