Research Catalog

Title

Paramount Building, 1493-1501 Broadway, Borough of Manhattan : built 1926-27; architects Rapp & Rapp / Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Author

New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission, author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut

Publication

[New York] : Landmarks Preservation Commission, [1988]

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Urbanelli, Elisa

Description

14 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 28 cm.

Series Statement

• Designation list / Landmarks Preservation Commission ; 211
• New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission. Designation list ; 211.

Subjects

• Theaters
• Office buildings
• Skyscrapers
• Art deco (Architecture)
• Architecture > Conservation and restoration > New York (State) > New York
• Paramount Building (New York, N.Y.)
• Office buildings > New York (State) > New York
• Skyscrapers > New York (State) > New York
• New York (State) > New York
• Buildings
• New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Rapp & Rapp
• History
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Paramount Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Buildings
• Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
• Paramount Pictures Corporation Buildings
• Theaters > New York (State) > New York > History
• Art deco (Architecture) > New York (State) > New York
• Paramount Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Report prepared by Elisa Urbanelli.
• Caption title.
• "November 1, 1988."
• "LP-1566."
• "Landmark Site: Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 1015, Lot 29"--Page 1.
• "Paramount Building once housed the Paramount Theater"--Page 1.
• "In 1964 the Paramount Theater closed and its immense space was converted for office use in 1966-69"--Page 9.
• An Art Deco setback skyscraper.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14).

OCLC

• ocm35087636
• 35087636
• SCSB-3250329

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries