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Post-Modern Manhattan: West 50s + 60s

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Matt Postal, architectural historian + guide

Selected by architectural historian Matt Postal, this walking tour includes important examples of Manhattan's Post-Modern architecture, built between 1980 and 2000. See works by mostly major American architects, including Skidmore Owings + Merrill, Kohn Pedersen & Fox, Hemut Jahn, and Kevin Roche. Many of the buildings feature handsome lobbies and public plazas, some of which provide seating and display contemporary works of art.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: One and Two Worldwide Plaza

  2. Stop 2: 750 Seventh Avenue

  3. Stop 3: AXA Equitable Center

  4. Stop 4: Paley Center for Media

  5. Stop 5: Deutsche Bank / EF Hutton Building

  6. Stop 6: Museum of Modern Art + Tower

  7. Stop 7: 1325 Sixth Avenue

  8. Stop 8: Cityspire

  9. Stop 9: Carnegie Hall Tower

  10. Stop 10: St. Thomas Choir School

  11. Stop 11: One Central Park West

  12. Stop 12: 15 Central Park West

  13. Stop 13: Park Laurel Apartments

  14. Stop 14: ABC Headquarters + Studios

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