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21. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | Famous Buildings in New York

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Exterior view – Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Year: 1929
Type: Art Museum
Architect: Goodwin and Edward Durell Stone, additions and alterations: Philip Johnson Associates (architect) and James Fanning (landscape architect) [1954, 1964], further additions and alterations: Cesar Pelli & Associates (design architects) and Edward Durell Stone Associates (associate      architects) [1985]

22. 601 Lexington Avenue (formerly Citigroup Center)

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - 601 Lexington Avenue (formerly Citigroup Center)
View from the street – 601 Lexington Avenue (formerly Citigroup Center)

Year: 1976
Type: Office
Architect: Hugh Stubbins / KlingStubbins, Emery Roth & Sons

23. Plaza Hotel

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - Plaza Hotel
The Plaza Hotel as seen from the corner of 5th Avenue and 58th Street in Manhattan – Plaza Hotel

Year: 1909
Type: Hotel
Architect: Henry J. Hardenbergh; Thomas Hastings, et al

24. The Dakota

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - The Dakota
Facade of the place – The Dakota

Year: 1884
Type: Apartment
Architect: Henry Janeway Hardenbergh

25. Waldorf Astoria New York | Famous Buildings in New York

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - Waldorf Astoria New York
View from the north – Waldorf Astoria

Year: 1931
Type: Hotel
Architect: Schultze & Weaver

26. TWA Terminal JFK Airport

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - TWA Terminal JFK Airport
Front elevation – TWA Terminal

Year: 1962
Type: Utility
Architect: Eero Saarinen

27. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Complex of buildings)

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Complex of buildings)
View of complex – Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Year: 1962
Type: Performing-arts center
Architect: Max Abramovitz ( Avery Fisher Hall)
Pietro Belluschi (The Juilliard School)
Gordon Bunshaft Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
Wallace Harrison (Master plan & Metropolitan Opera House)
Philip Johnson (New York State Theater)
Eero Saarinen (Vivian Beaumont Theater)

28. 40 Wall Street – The Trump Building

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - 40 Wall Street - The Trump Building
Upper section view – 40 Wall Street – The Trump Building

Year: 1930
Type: Office
Architect: H. Craig Severance, Yasuo Matsui, et al.

29. National September 11 Memorial & Museum

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - National September 11 Memorial & Museum
View of the memorial –  National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Year: 2014
Type: Memorial & Museum
Architect: Michael Arad of Handel Architects, Peter Walker and Partners, Davis Brody Bond, Snøhetta

30. The New York Times Building | Famous Buildings in New York

60 Most Famous Buildings in New York - The New York Times Building
View of NYT Building with the Empire State Building in the background – New York Times (NYT) Building

Year: 2007
Type: Office
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, FXFOWLE Architects

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