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The Zebra building is an interesting condominium located near the Port Authority. It is called "The Zebra" because of the black and white striped facade.

A member's-only club for the kind of folks who wear their elitism like a badge of honor, the Harvard Club occupies two adjacent lots on West 44th street, a peculiar, haphazardly-built structure designed in several stages by the eminent architectural firm McKim Mead, and White. First organized in... more

The most accomplished structure to be built in midtown Manhattan's post-9/11 building boom, the Hearst Tower, designed by Norman Foster, is a stunning, irregularly-shaped glass-and-steel high-rise built on top of the original, six-story stone corporate headquarters. That building was designed to... more

"The world's most famous arena" boasts not just the employees of the Garden itself, but also its parent company (known also as Madison Square Garden) and its television network (known as MSG). Though it might not be too hard to find somebody who'd agree with that assessment, it's probably a chore... more

One of the more dramatic midtown skyscrapers, the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street is most remarkable for its sloping curtain façade, which gradually glides away from the street-front. (Many critics complained that the building’s unusual shape would expose sidestructures of adjacent... more

Nestled amidst the imperial, Art Deco manor of Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall advertises a unique, fifties-style update to New York's long vaudeville tradition. The quality of the shows is up for debate, but the facilities are unparalleled. Opened in 1932 (an opening attended by such... more