United Nations Headquarters
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United Nations, New York, New York 10017, USA
The
United Nations Headquarters is located in Manhattan, New York City, and covers
approximately eighteen acres, from 42nd to 48th Streets between First Avenue
and the East River. The site was donated to the United Nations by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Construction on
the buildings began on October 24, 1949.
The United Nations Headquarters site is officially international territory, not part of the United
States. Among the buildings on the premises are the 550-foot tall,
29-story Secretariat Building, the 380-foot long and 160-foot wide General Assembly
building topped with a shallow dome and the Dag Hammarskjold Library.
Wallace K. Harrison of the United States
was appointed chief architect, with the title of Director of Planning. To assist
him, a 10-member Board of Design Consultants was selected, composed of architects
nominated by Governments. The members of the Board were Nikolai D. Bassov (Soviet
Union), Gaston Brunfaut (Belgium), Ernest Cormier (Canada), Charles E. Le Corbusier
(France), Liang Seu-cheng (China), Sven Markelius (Sweden), Oscar Niemayer (Brazil),
Howard Robertson (United Kingdom), G.A. Soilleux (Australia) and Julio Vilamajo
(Uruguay).
The following are photos from the United Nations Photo Library archives.
Aerial view of New York City
and the East River at sunset. At the centre of the photo the United Nations Headquarters
is seen overlooking the river. (UN/DPI Photo #133950C by Y. Nagata)
Aerial view of New York City.
At centre of photo above Queensborough Bridge is the United Nations Headquarters
taken in January 1977. (UN/DPI Photo #133954C by Y. Nagata)
A view of the 39-story marble
and glass Secretariat Building with (foreground) the dome that tops the General
Assembly Hall. (UN/DPI Photo #136426C by M. Tzovaras)
The Secretariat Building's
550-foot tall structure (centre) stands out in this aerial view.
(UN/DPI Photo #165564C by Y. Nagata)
Located to the left of this
aerial photogaph is the United Nations Headquarters overlooking the East River
in 1985. (UN/DPI Photo #165566C by Y. Nagata)
An aerial view of the United
Nations Headquarters (bottom right foreground) from the East River against a backdrop
of the Manhattan skyline. (UN/DPI Photo #185513C by A. Brizzi)
A view of United Nations Headquarters
(centre) from the Borough of Queens, with the Manhattan sklyine in the background.
( UN/DPI Photo #185517C by A. Brizzi)
View of the Secretariat Building
at United Nations Headquarters with a satellite dish in the foreground. (UN/DPI
Photo #185519C by A. Brizzi)
The United Nations, seen from
the East River, is lit up to welcome the new millennium. (UN/DPI Photo #202747C
by Eskinder Debebe)
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