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  New York City - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Manhattan Municipal Building, which houses many city agencies, is one of the largest government buildings in the world.
The residential parts of the city have a distinctive character from the skyscrapers of the commercial cores that is defined by the elegant brownstone rowhouses and apartment buildings which were built during the city's rapid expansion from 1870–1930.
Stone and brick became the city's building materials of choice after the construction of wood-frame houses was limited in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1835.
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  Building Encyclopedia Article @ Befell.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat into the inside (a place of comfort and safety) and the outside (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful).
Buildings are an inseparable and in most cases an essential part of basic attributes of a human life, such as home, family, work, and sex.
Buildings can be used to express a religious belief (see Religious architecture), make a political statement (see Freedom Tower; Nazi architecture; Stalinist architecture), or serve as status symbols that reflect the wealth and high social status of their owners (see Egyptian pyramids; Mansion; World's tallest structures).
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The Fuller Building or as it is better known, the Flatiron Building, is located in the borough of Manhattan, and was one of the tallest buildings in New York City upon its completion in 1902.
The 22-story Flatiron Building, with a height of 285 ft (87 meters), is often considered the oldest surviving skyscraper in Manhattan, though in fact the Park Row Building (1899) is both older and taller.
The signature edge of the Flatiron Building was covered in fl scaffolding from December 2005 to March 2006 for renovations.
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 Atlanta, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In 1864, the city became the target of a major Union invasion in the American Civil War and scene of the Battle of Atlanta, later immortalized in the novel and film Gone With the Wind.
In 1887, a group of prominent Atlantans purchased 189 acres of farmland to build a horse racing track, later developed into the site of the Cotton States International Exposition of 1895.
The Marriott Marquis Hotel [1] is also notable for its bulging base, and is therefore often jokingly known as the "pregnant building" for its odd shape.
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 New York City Encyclopedia Article @ Thornhart.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Flatiron Building is a famous example of Beaux-Arts architecture.
The residential parts of the city have a distinctive character from the skyscrapers of the commercial cores that is defined by the elegant brownstone rowhouses and apartment buildings which were built during the city's rapid expansion from 1870–1930.
The Manhattan Municipal Building, which houses many city agencies, is one of the largest government buildings in the world.
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These buildings on West 135 Street were among the first in Harlem to be occupied entirely by fls; in 1921, #135 became home to Young's Book Exchange, the first "Afrocentric" bookstore in Harlem.
Tenants were sometimes to blame; some would strip wiring and fixtures from their buildings to sell, throw garbage in hallways and airshafts, or otherwise deteriorate the properties which they lived in or visited.
In many cases, the income from these buildings could not support the fines and city taxes charged to their owners, or the houses suffered damage that would have been expensive to fix, and the buildings were abandoned.
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 New York City - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Among those who died were workers in the buildings, passengers and crew on two commercial airplanes, and hundreds of firemen, policemen, and rescue workers who responded to the disaster.
The city is also a leader in energy-efficient "green" office buildings, such as Hearst Tower and 7 World Trade Center, which recycles rainwater for use in toilets and for irrigation, and uses computer-controlled heating and lighting.
The Flatiron Building is a famous example of Beaux-Arts style architecture.
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 Reference page on website building - Xsite Pro affiliate marketing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The mayor's staff and thirteen municipal agencies are located in the nearby Manhattan Municipal Building, one of the largest governmental buildings in the world.
The Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, the theater district around Broadway, New York University, Columbia University, Baruch College, the financial center around Wall Street, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Harlem, the American Museum of Natural History, Chinatown, and Central Park are all located on this densely populated island.
Central Park is bordered on the north by West 110th Street (also known as Central Park North), on the west by Eighth Avenue, on the south by West 59th Street, and on the east by Fifth Avenue.
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These buildings along West 135 Street were among the first in Harlem to be entirely occupied by fls.
Tenants were sometimes to blame as well; some would strip wiring and fixtures from their buildings to sell, throw garbage in hallways and airshafts, or otherwise deteriorate the properties which they lived in or visited.
In many cases, the income from these buildings could not support the fines and city taxes charged to their owners, or the houses suffered damage that would have been expensive to fix, and the buildings were abandoned.
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 New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Despite the effects of the Great Depression, the 1930s saw the building of some of the world's tallest skyscrapers, including numerous Art-Deco masterpieces that are still part of the city's skyline today.
Residents of the city often refer to the city itself as "the Five Boroughs," reserving the phrase "the City" for Manhattan, and referring to the other boroughs as "the Outer Boroughs." However, as more Manhattanites migrate outwards, fleeing sky-high rents, this usage is on the decline.
The borough of Queens has also been developing its own skyline in recent years with a Citigroup office building (which is currently the tallest building in NYC outside Manhattan), and the City Lights development of several residential towers along the East River waterfront.
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 Atlanta, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In 1864, the city became the target of a major Union invasion in the American Civil War and scene of the Battle of Peachtree Creek and the Battle of Atlanta, later immortalized in the novel and film Gone With the Wind.
On the north side of the city near Midtown, the former Atlantic Steel plant is being redeveloped as Atlantic Station, a mixed-use urban renewal project combining housing, retail, and office space, and promoted as one solution to Atlanta's ever more serious traffic and summer smog problems.
In 1887, a group of prominent Atlantans purchased 189 acres (0.8 km²) of farmland to build a horse racing track, later developed into the site of the Cotton States International Exposition of 1895.
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 New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The building form most closely associated with New York City is the skyscraper, a pioneering urban form that saw city building shift from the low-scale European tradition to the vertical rise of business districts.
The city has architecturally important buildings in a variety of styles, including French Second Empire (the Kings County Savings Bank Building), gothic revival (the Woolworth Building), Art Deco (the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building), international style (the Seagram Building and Lever House), and post-modern (the ATandT Building).
The historic residential parts of the city have a distinctive character defined by the elegant brownstone rowhouses and apartment buildings which were built during the city's rapid expansion from 1870–1930.
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 Atlanta, Georgia
In 1864, the city became the target of a major Union invasion in the American Civil War and scene of the Battle of Atlanta, later immortalized in the novel and film Gone With the Wind.
In 1904, the city council purchased the land for $99,000, and today it is the largest park in metro Atlanta, with more than 2.5 million visitors each year.
The Marriott Marquis Hotel [1] is also notable for its bulging base, and is therefore often jokingly known as the "pregnant building" for its odd shape.
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 Atlanta Finances Flatiron Building (Atlanta), more information about Flatiron Building (Atlanta)
Note: There are several buildings referred to as the Flatiron Building.
The building has 11 stories, and the same unique and prominent flatiron shape as its New York counterpart.
It is the city's second and oldest standing skyscraper, and is protected by the city as a historic building in the Fairlie-Poplar district of downtown.
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 New York City information - Search.com
Among those who died were workers in the buildings, passengers and crew on two commercial airplanes, and hundreds of firemen, policemen, and rescue workers who responded to the disaster.
The city is also a leader in energy-efficient "green" office buildings, such as Hearst Tower and 7 World Trade Center, which recycles rainwater for use in toilets and for irrigation, and uses computer-controlled heating and lighting.
New York City has architecturally significant buildings in a variety of styles, including French Second Empire (The Kings County Savings Bank Building), gothic revival (the Woolworth Building), Art Deco (the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building), modernist (the Seagram Building and Lever House), and post-modern (the AT&T Building).
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 Broadway (Manhattan) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Broadway, as the name implies, is a large, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the oldest main north-south thoroughfares in the city, dating back to the first Dutch New Amsterdam settlement.
Diagonally crossing the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 of Manhattan streets, it has been marked by "squares" (some merely triangular slivers of open space) and induced some interesting architecture, such as the famous Flatiron Building.
The section of lower Broadway from its origin at Bowling Green to City Hall Park is the historical location for the city's ticker-tape parades, and is sometimes called the Canyon of Heroes in reference to such events.
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 Flatiron Building (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flatiron Building may refer to (in chronological order from time of building):
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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 Body Building Exercise - Information
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 Manhattan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The mayor's staff and thirteen municipal agencies are located in the nearby Manhattan Municipal Building, one of the largest governmental buildings in the world.
The Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, the theater district around Broadway, New York University, Columbia University, Baruch College, the financial center around Wall Street, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Harlem, the American Museum of Natural History, Chinatown, and Central Park are all located on this densely populated island.
Central Park is bordered on the north by West 110th Street, on the west by Eighth Avenue, on the south by West 59th Street, and on the east by Fifth Avenue.
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 Hotel Manhattan
Most fire damage occurred in the namesake casino on the second floor and its adjacent restaurants, although most of the deaths were caused by smoke inhalation in the upper rooms of the hotel.
Only a minor fraction of the hotel had been fitted with a sprinkler system which was not legally required for buildings built before 1979; the MGM Grand had opened in 1973.
For other streets and topics with the name Broadway, see Broadway (disambiguation).'' Broadway, as the name implies, is a large, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the oldest main north-south thoroughfares in the city, dating back to the first Dutch New Amsterdam settlement.
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 Flat iron building - Flatiron Building (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The building's existence has served to name the neighborhood around it -- the Flatiron District, home to a bevy of smart restaurants and shops.
Hepburn responded without hesitation: “The Flatiron Building.” The Flatiron was the world's tallest building when it was constructed in 1902,
There are several buildings called the Flatiron Building, all named for their triangular flat-iron like shape.
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 Atlanta, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
On the north side of the city Midtown the former Atlantic Steel plant is redevloped as Atlantic Station a mixed-use urban renewal project combining housing retail and office and promoted as one solution to Atlanta's more serious traffic and summer smog problems.
In 1887 a group of prominent Atlantans purchased acres of farmland to build a horse racing track later developed into the site the Cotton States International Exposition of 1895.
In 1904 the city council purchased the land for $99 000 today it is the largest park in Atlanta with more than 2.5 million visitors year.
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 New York City, New York - APIA History
The Manhattan Municipal Building, which houses many city agencies, is one of the largest government buildings in the world.The city has historically elected Democratic mayoral candidates.
The Flatiron Building is a famous example of Beaux-Arts architecture.The skyline of New York is one of the most recognizable in the world.
See also: Tallest buildings in New York City [edit] Education and research Main article: Education in New York City New York is a global center for research and education, particularly in medicine and the life sciences.
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 Atlanta, Georgia - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
In 1835, leaders of the Cherokee nation ceded their land to the government in exchange for land out west under the Treaty of New Echota, and act that eventually led to the Trail of Tears.
In 1836 the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western and Atlantic Railroad to provide a trade route to the Midwest, with the area around Atlanta--then called Terminus--serving as the terminal.
On the north side of the city near Midtown, the former Atlantic Steel plant is being redeveloped as Atlantic Station, a mixed-use urban renewal project combining housing, retail, and office space, and promoted as one solution to Atlanta's ever more serious traffic and summer smog problems.
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The city was one of the sites of the September 11, 2001 attacks, when nearly 3,000 people were killed in the destruction of the city's tallest buildings, the World Trade Center.
The Freedom Tower, intended to be exactly 1,776 feet tall (a number symbolic of the year the Declaration of Independence was written), is to be built on the site and is slated for completion by 2012.
As a result of the watershed's integrity and undisturbed natural water filtration process, New York City drinking water does not require purification by water treatment plants, and only chlorination is necessary to ensure its purity at the tap.
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 Manhattan - ZDNet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The mayor's staff and thirteen municipal agencies are located in the nearby Manhattan Municipal Building, one of the largest governmental buildings in the world.
The Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, the theater district around Broadway, New York University, Columbia University, Baruch College, the financial center around Wall Street, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Harlem, the American Museum of Natural History, Chinatown, and Central Park are all located on this densely populated island.
The city is a leader in energy-efficient "green" office buildings, such as Hearst Tower and the rebuilt 7 World Trade Center.
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 Atlanta, Georgia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
On September 1, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuated Atlanta after a four-month siege mounted by Union General William T. Sherman, and ordered all public buildings and possible union assets destroyed.
In 1887, a group of prominent Atlantans purchased 189 acres (0.76 km²) of farmland to build a horse racing track, later developed into the site of the Cotton States International Exposition of 1895.
Centennial Olympic Park was built for 1996 Summer Olympics, in a downtown area of dilapidated buildings.
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 New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Flatiron Building is a famous example of Beaux-Arts architecture.
The residential parts of the city have a distinctive character from the skyscrapers of the commercial cores that is defined by the elegant brownstone rowhouses and apartment buildings which were built during the city's rapid expansion from 1870–1930.
Stone and brick became the city's building materials of choice after the construction of wood-frame houses was limited in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1835.
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