Hearst Magazine Building
- Located at 300 West 57th Street New York, NY
- Designed in 1926-27 by Joseph Urban
- It was initially commissioned by William Randolph Hearst to house his magazine companies, and continues to do so today: Cosmopolitan (1905), Harper’s Bazaar (1912), Elle (1945)
- Its six-story base was built in 1927-28 and a tower was expected, however, due to the Great Depression, plans were halted. It became fully finished in 2006.
- Holds 2000+ employees
Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse
- Located at 855-869 Eleventh Avenue (601-669 W58th St,600-648 W 59th St)
- Built in c. 1903-05 by Stanford White and opening in 1904, the building’s function was to provide electricity and power the IRT Subway, the first underground subway system in New York City.
- Became a landmark in 2009
- The building was acquired by Con Edison in 1959 and today, it is an active Con Edison steam and electricity generating plant, with the largest steam system in the country and one of the largest in the world.
McGraw-Hill Building
- Located at 330 West 42nd Street
- Built in 1930-1931 by Raymond Hood of Godley & Fouilhoux and opened in 1931. It was built to house the expanding McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.
- McGraw-Hill left this building in 1970, due to further expansion and moved to Rockefeller Center, and was bought in 1974 by Group Health Insurance. They later also sold the building in the late 1970s.
- Became a landmark in 1979
- Top half of building is undergoing residential conversion (16th to 34th floors)
Actors Studio (former Seventh Associate Presbyterian Church)
- Located at 432 West 44th Street
- Building built in c.1858, by an unknown architect as a local church after the land was purchased the same year by the congregation.
- The Actors Studio was founded in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis. The studio is known to be the origin of “method acting”. The building was sold to them in 1955.
- Place where theatre artists could gather
- Became a landmark in 1990
- Objectives: redefining the art of acting by mastering the techniques an actor uses to search for and express the truth onstage in the moment.
The Windermere
- Located at 400 West 57th Street
- Apartment complex
- Constructed in 1880-1881 by architect Theophilus G. Smith for developer Henry Sterling Goodale as one of New York City’s first apartment buildings
- Three separate buildings joined as one
- It had a significant role in the history of women’s housing in New York City, housing “New Women” in the 1890s and early 1900s, women who were unmarried and financially independent, as women entered the workforce in large numbers for the first time during this era.
- Mostly wasn’t seen due to construction facade over the last few decades
- Became a landmark in 2005
Landmark Tavern
- Located at 626 11th Avenue New York, NY 10036
- Opened in 1868 by Patrick Henry Carley, and the Tavern was on the shores of the Hudson, since 12th Avenue did not exist yet. The Carleys designed the saloon to be a saloon on the first floor and a home for their children on the second and third floors, and this remained so until Prohibition, when the third floor became a speakeasy.
- It is commonly said to be haunted by several ghosts, from George Raft, a Hollywood actor, to a Confederate Civil War veteran who was knifed and died in the second floor bathtub and an irish immigrant girl who died there.
