Manhattan, NYC

160 West 54th Street New York, NY 10019 Described as the ‘Heart of Irish Civilization”, the origins of County Meath can be traced back some 5000 years, to what has been said is the oldest building in the world: a Neolithic tomb at Newgrange, which was built several thousand years before the pyramids of Giza and 500 years before Stonehenge in England. At the opposite end of Meath, the village of Oldcastle is best known as being the birthplace of St. Oliver Plunkett, the 17th Century Archbishop of Armagh who was convicted of treason then hanged, drawn and quartered in the Tower of London after refusing to submit to the fiercely anti-catholic laws of his time. Somewhat more recently [In 2001 to be more precise], Matt Connell and partners Eugene Rooney and Paddy Reilly founded the Oldcastle Pub and named it after Matt's historic hometown, creating a little piece of ancient Meath in Manhattan and, it could be said, the heart of Irish civilization in midtown. Text from: www.oldcastlepub.com/home.html

Mexican, Southwestern 240 W 54th St, New York 10019 Btwn 8th Ave & Bway www.iguananyc.com/

Mexican, Southwestern 240 W 54th St, New York 10019 Btwn 8th Ave & Bway www.iguananyc.com/

Hearst Tower in New York City, New York is located at 300 West 57th Street on Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle. It is the world headquarters of the Hearst Corporation, bringing together for the first time their numerous publications and communications companies under one roof, including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and the San Francisco Chronicle, to name a few. The former six-story headquarters building was commissioned by the founder, William Randolph Hearst and awarded to the architect Joseph Urban. The building was completed in 1928 at a cost of $2 million and contained 40,000 sq. ft. The original cast stone facade has been preserved in the new design as a designated Landmark site. Originally built as the base for a proposed skyscraper, the construction of the tower was postponed due to the Great Depression. The new tower addition was completed nearly eighty years later, and 2000 Hearst employees moved in on 4 May 2006. [1] The tower – designed by the architecture firm of Foster and Partners and constructed by Turner construction – is 46 stories tall, standing 182 m (597 ft) with 80,000 m² (856,000 ft²) of office space. The uncommon triangular framing pattern (also known as a diagrid) required 9,500 metric tons (10,480 tons) of structural steel – reportedly about 20% less than a conventional steel frame. Hearst Tower was the first skyscraper to break ground in New York City after September 11, 2001. The building received the 2006 Emporis Skyscraper Award,[1] citing it as the best skyscraper in the world completed that year. Hearst Tower is the first green building completed in New York City, with a number of environmental considerations built into the plan. The floor of the atrium is paved with heat conductive limestone. Polyethylene tubing is embedded under the floor and filled with circulating water for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Rain collected on the roof is stored in a tank in the basement for use in the cooling system, to irrigate plants and for the water sculpture in the main lobby. The building was constructed using 80% recycled steel. Overall, the building has been designed to use 25% less energy than the minimum requirements for the city of New York, and earned a gold designation from the United States Green Building Council’s LEED certification program. The atrium features escalators which run through a 3-story water sculpture titled Icefall, a wide waterfall built with thousands of glass panels, which cools and humidifies the lobby air. The water element is complemented by a 70-foot (21.3 m) tall fresco painting entitled Riverlines by artist Richard Long. The cascading glass escalators in the lobby of Norman Foster’s new Hearst Tower, which carry the ladies of Cosmopolitan, Town & Country, and Harper’s Bazaar to their offices, also offer a view up their skirts. Some editors were concerned enough that they warned members of their staff prone to wearing trendy mini-minidresses or ballooning short skirts to take care to keep their legs closed. “It’s the visitors that see the ‘view,’ ” said one editor. “A lot of tourists walk in from the streets to see the building.” Other employees were more blasé. Says Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, “I know we’ve got some great views from Hearst Tower, but I was not aware of the one from the bottom of the escalators. We’ll have to add that to our docent notes. As for me, I don’t wear minis.” Besides, noted another editor, “I’m not sure it’s that much of a problem considering the fact that I can probably count the number of straight men who work in the building on one hand.” Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Tower_(New_York_City)

Saurien, 1975, IBM Building, New York City

Saurien, 1975, IBM Building, New York City

Saurien, 1975, IBM Building, New York City

Kenny Scharf Ultrazoomazipzamapopdeluxa, 1998 Acrylic and oil on canvas, in three parts 136 x 90 inches each Text from the wall label inside the IBM Building on Madison Avenue

Kenny Scharf Ultrazoomazipzamapopdeluxa, 1998 Acrylic and oil on canvas, in three parts 136 x 90 inches each Text from the wall label inside the IBM Building on Madison Avenue

Urban Oasis, Ann Schaumburger (1997) Location: 5th Avenue Glass mosaic murals. Artist Ann Schaumberger in collaboration with Miotto Mosaics. The 59th Street exit of the 5th Ave. Station features penguin mosaics while the main mezzanine at 60th street features a full menagerie of colorful animals including butterflies, horses, birds, chimpanzees, etc. Also on the platform are ceramic polar bear mosaics in white. Text from: www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?41

Hearst Tower in New York City, New York is located at 300 West 57th Street on Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle. It is the world headquarters of the Hearst Corporation, bringing together for the first time their numerous publications and communications companies under one roof, including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and the San Francisco Chronicle, to name a few. The former six-story headquarters building was commissioned by the founder, William Randolph Hearst and awarded to the architect Joseph Urban. The building was completed in 1928 at a cost of $2 million and contained 40,000 sq. ft. The original cast stone facade has been preserved in the new design as a designated Landmark site. Originally built as the base for a proposed skyscraper, the construction of the tower was postponed due to the Great Depression. The new tower addition was completed nearly eighty years later, and 2000 Hearst employees moved in on 4 May 2006. [1] The tower – designed by the architecture firm of Foster and Partners and constructed by Turner construction – is 46 stories tall, standing 182 m (597 ft) with 80,000 m² (856,000 ft²) of office space. The uncommon triangular framing pattern (also known as a diagrid) required 9,500 metric tons (10,480 tons) of structural steel – reportedly about 20% less than a conventional steel frame. Hearst Tower was the first skyscraper to break ground in New York City after September 11, 2001. The building received the 2006 Emporis Skyscraper Award,[1] citing it as the best skyscraper in the world completed that year. Hearst Tower is the first green building completed in New York City, with a number of environmental considerations built into the plan. The floor of the atrium is paved with heat conductive limestone. Polyethylene tubing is embedded under the floor and filled with circulating water for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Rain collected on the roof is stored in a tank in the basement for use in the cooling system, to irrigate plants and for the water sculpture in the main lobby. The building was constructed using 80% recycled steel. Overall, the building has been designed to use 25% less energy than the minimum requirements for the city of New York, and earned a gold designation from the United States Green Building Council’s LEED certification program. The atrium features escalators which run through a 3-story water sculpture titled Icefall, a wide waterfall built with thousands of glass panels, which cools and humidifies the lobby air. The water element is complemented by a 70-foot (21.3 m) tall fresco painting entitled Riverlines by artist Richard Long. The cascading glass escalators in the lobby of Norman Foster’s new Hearst Tower, which carry the ladies of Cosmopolitan, Town & Country, and Harper’s Bazaar to their offices, also offer a view up their skirts. Some editors were concerned enough that they warned members of their staff prone to wearing trendy mini-minidresses or ballooning short skirts to take care to keep their legs closed. “It’s the visitors that see the ‘view,’ ” said one editor. “A lot of tourists walk in from the streets to see the building.” Other employees were more blasé. Says Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, “I know we’ve got some great views from Hearst Tower, but I was not aware of the one from the bottom of the escalators. We’ll have to add that to our docent notes. As for me, I don’t wear minis.” Besides, noted another editor, “I’m not sure it’s that much of a problem considering the fact that I can probably count the number of straight men who work in the building on one hand.” Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Tower_(New_York_City)

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