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The List: 33 Architectural Favorites in New York



By SETH KUGEL
May 27, 2007


IN a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for the American Institute of Architects, 33 of the 150 examples of America’s favorite structures are in New York City. Here is a list of New York’s honorees, with their rankings in the survey.

1. Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets.

9. Chrysler Building, Lexington Avenue at 42nd Street.

11. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue and 50th Street.

13. Grand Central Station, 42nd Street at Park Avenue.

16. St. Regis Hotel, Fifth Avenue at 55th Street.

17. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street.

19. World Trade Center site, Church Street between Vesey and Liberty Street.

20. Brooklyn Bridge.

23. Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue between 111th and 112th Streets.

33. Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History, 81st Street at Central Park West.

44. Woolworth Building, Broadway between Barclay Street and Park Place.

46. The Waldorf-Astoria, Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets.

47. The New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street.

48. Carnegie Hall, 57th Street at Seventh Avenue.

53. Apple Store, Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets.

56. Rockefeller Center, enter from Fifth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets.

68. The new New York Times Building, Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets.

71. Hearst Tower, Eighth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets.

72. Flatiron Building, Fifth Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets.

74. Guggenheim Museum, Fifth Avenue at 89th Street.

81. Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue between 58th Street and Central Park South.

84. Yankee Stadium, River Avenue at 161st Street, the Bronx.

86. Lincoln Center, Broadway at 64th Street.

87. Dakota Apartments, Central Park West between 72nd and 73rd Streets.

100. Radio City Music Hall, Avenue of the Americas at 50th Street.

105. Time Warner Center, Columbus Circle at 59th Street.

111. United Nations Center, First Avenue at 46th Street.

115. TWA Terminal, John F. Kennedy Airport. (It is being renovated for use by JetBlue.)

125. Citigroup Center, Lexington Avenue at 53rd Street.

133. Royalton Hotel, 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

141. Apple SoHo, Prince Street between Greene and Mercer Streets

143. Pennsylvania Station (the one demolished in 1963 to make way for the current Madison Square Garden, which sits above the current Pennsylvania Station), bordered by 34th Street, Seventh Avenue, 32nd Street and Eighth Avenue.
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