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Photopix Time Square, New York History of Time Square Times Square is a street intersection in Manhattan (New York, USA). Formerly called Longacre Square, it is located on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Seventh Avenue. It was named after the offices of The New York Times, which were located in the One Times Square […]
Photopix Grand Central Station, New York History of Grand Central Station Grand Central Terminal (GCT, often called Grand Central Station or simply Grand Central) is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Built and named by the New York Central Railroad at the height of U.S. […]
Photopix Beekman Tower, New York History of Beekman Tower The Beekman Tower, also known as the Panhellenic Tower, is a 26-story art deco skyscraper located on the corner of First Avenue and East 49th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York. It was built between 1927 and 1928 according to a design by John Mead Howells. […]
Photopix 9/11 National Memorial, New York History of 9/11 National Memorial The 9/11 National Memorial, also known as the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, or simply the 9/11 National Monument and Museum is a cemetery in Lower Manhattan, New York that remembers the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 1993 World […]
Photopix Vessel, New York History of Vessel Vessel (TKA) is a structure and landmark built as part of the Hudson Yards Development Plan in Manhattan, New York, USA. It was built according to the design of British architect Thomas Heatherwick, the structure that resembles a complex bee-panel pattern rises 16 stories and consists of 154 […]
Photopix Trinity Church, New York History of Trinity Church Trinity Church is a church of Episcopal confession located at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway in southern Manhattan, New York. In 1696, the city governor, Benjamin Fletcher, approved the acquisition of land for the Anglican community for the construction of a new church. The […]
Photopix Atlas statue, New York History of Atlas statue Atlas is a bronze statue in Rockefeller Center, within the International Building’s courtyard, in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is across Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The sculpture depicts the ancient Greek Titan Atlas holding the heavens on his shoulders. Atlas was created […]
Photopix Manhattan skyline, New York History of Manhattan Manhattan is an island located at the mouth of the Hudson River north of New York Harbor and is also one of the five boroughs that make up New York City, USA. The district has the same boundaries as New York County and includes the island of […]
Photopix Esplanade Bridge, Marina Bay History of Esplanade Bridge The Esplanade Bridge is a 261-metre-long (850 ft.) road bridge that spans across the mouth of the Singapore River in Singapore with the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay on its northern abutment and the Merlion on the southern. The 70 metre-wide (230 ft.) low-level concrete […]
Photopix San Roque Chapel History of the San Roque Chapel This chapel is located on the outskirts of Barchín del Hoyo, next to the road that leads to Valverdejo, to the La Mota fountain and to Gabaldón in Tébar, Cuenca. The ashlar doorway at the entrance has a semicircular arch between pilasters. The whole is […]