A 1980 view looking down Park Avenue near East 53rd Street, New York City, USA. Left is the Racquet and Tennis Club (R&T), a member’s club. The Club moved to this home in 1918. The facilities are considered amongst the best in the world. Centre is Lever House (or The Lever Building), a glass-box skyscraper at 390 Park Avenue. Constructed from 1950 to 1952, it was the second curtain wall skyscraper in New York City after the United Nations Secretariat Building. This image is from an old Kodak colour transparency taken by an amateur photographer – a vintage 1980s photograph.
A 1980 view looking down Park Avenue near East 53rd Street, New York City, USA. Left is the Racquet and Tennis Club (R&T), a member’s club at 370 Park Avenue, between East 52nd and 53rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. The Club moved to this third, current, home in 1918. The R&T's clubhouse was designed by William Symmes Richardson in an Italian Renaissance style. The exterior is stone and brick over a structural steel frame. The interior contained three dining rooms, a billiard room, library, lounge, gymnasium, swimming pool, four squash courts, two court tennis courts, and two racquets courts. The layout has been modified, but the facilities are considered amongst the best in the world. Centre is Lever House (or The Lever Building), a glass-box skyscraper at 390 Park Avenue. The building was designed in the International Style by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) as the headquarters of soap company Lever Brothers (Unilever). Constructed from 1950 to 1952, it was the second curtain wall skyscraper in New York City after the United Nations Secretariat Building. The 21 storey, 307-foot-tall (94 m) building changed Park Avenue in Midtown from an avenue of masonry apartment buildings to one of office buildings. The building's design was also influential internationally and the building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1982 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Unilever moved most of its offices out of Lever House in 1997 and the office building now has multiple tenants. This image is from an old Kodak colour transparency taken by an amateur photographer. It will look soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1980s photograph.
Size: 3543px × 2327px
Location: Park Avenue, New York City, USA
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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