 This block was long the home of the Architects Building which housed many of the city's premiere architectural firms including as McKim Mead and White.  The building was torn down and replaced with a 629-foot tall skyscraper in 1982. 

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 This Byzantine-style church incorporates a 1903 French Romanesque portal from its previous Madison Ave. location. Designed by Stanford White and funded as a memorial for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the portal features Renaissance-inspired sculpture and ornate brass doors. There are stained glass windows by Hildreth Meire and the city's largest pipe organ. The community house was constructed later by Goodhue's firm after he had died. 

 Barry Bergdoll, Phillip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA speaks on how the interaction between the Seagram Building, Lever House, and Tennis and Racquet Club activates the urban environment at 53rd Street and Park Avenue. 

 Architectural historian Carol Krinsky on the Helmsley Building, the electrification of the railroad, and the creation of Park Avenue. 

 Architectural historian Carol Krinsky explains how zoning laws shaped the development of Midtown Manhattan in the mid-twentieth century. 

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