 For the past few years, Studio V has been renovating the 1, 000,000 sf Macy's Department Store, considered the largest in the world. One of the high points is the recently completed restaurant. A special express elevator was built to access it. 

Macy's

Stella 34 Trattoria

The architect talks about his design for a new Italian restaurant, Stella 34 which was carved out of a disused stockroom in Macy's and features the largest bar in New York City.  

The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, the world's largest parade, is presented by the U.S.-based department store chain Macy's. The parade started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit (with both parades being four years younger than Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade).The three-hour parade is held in Manhattan, passing through some of the most iconic New York landmarks, squares and buildings, finally ending outside Macy's Herald Square, and takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thanksgiving Day.

&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The largest balloon in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade being guided down Broadway at Times Square as thousands line both sides of the street.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;For Nearly 100 Years, Macy&amp;rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade Has Been a Children&amp;rsquo;s Pilgrimage of Wonder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 

 Central Park West toward Herald Square in the 51st annual Macy&amp;rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade  

For Nearly 100 Years, Macy&amp;rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade Has Been a Children&amp;rsquo;s Pilgrimage of Wonder  

 2020&amp;rsquo;s event included performances from &amp;ldquo;Hamilton,&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;Mean Girls&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Jagged Little Pill  

 In 2020 the human handlers were replaced by utility vehicles because of the pandemic  

 2020 (during the covid pandemic), the task was shared by 25 handlers and five utility vehicles  

To reduce the number of people involved during the pandemic 

The parade starts at 77th Street and Central Park West at 9:00 AM on Thanksgiving morning, marching its 2.5-mile route from Central Park West to Columbus Circle, turning onto Central Park South and heading down Sixth Avenue before turning west at 34th Street and ending at 7th Avenue in front of Macy’s Herald Square. 

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, New York City

The Hippodrome Theatre also called the New York Hippodrome, was a theater in New York City from 1905 to 1939, located on Sixth Avenue between West 43rd and West 44th Streets in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan. It was called the world's largest theatre by its builders and had a seating capacity of 5,300, with a 100x200ft (30x61m) stage. The theatre had state-of-the-art theatrical technology, including a rising glass water tank.The Hippodrome was built by Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy, creators of the Luna Park amusement park at Coney Island, with the backing of Harry S. Black's U.S. Realty, a dominant real estate and construction company of the time, and was acquired by The Shubert Organization in 1909. In 1933, it was re-opened as the New York Hippodrome cinema, and became the stage for Billy Rose's Jumbo in 1935. Acts which appeared at the Hippodrome included numerous circuses, musical revues, Harry Houdini's disappearing elephant, vaudeville, silent movies such as Neptune's Daughter (1914) and Better Times (1922) and 1930s cinema.[7]

The Hippodrome Theatre

 Strawberry Fields is a living memorial to the world-famous singer, songwriter, and social activist John Lennon (1940-1980). This area of Central Park was named in 1981, and the re-landscaped Strawberry Fields was dedicated in 1985. In 1984, Yoko Ono contributed $500,000 to redesign and renovate Strawberry Fields, and an equivalent amount for an ongoing maintenance endowment. Landscape architect Bruce Kelly designed a meditative Garden of Peace, rich in trees, shrubs and flowers, which was integrated with the historic landscape of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) and Calvert Vaux (1824-1895). At the western apex of the garden, Neopolitan artisans crafted a circular black and white mosaic emblem into the pavement, containing a starburst pattern and the solitary word, "Imagine," the title of one of Lennon's most famous songs. 150 nations were enlisted to contribute plants to the garden, thus embodying the principle of world peace for which Lennon was such an influential advocate. On October 9, 1985, on the 45th anniversary of Lennon's birth, Strawberry Fields was dedicated, and has become a pilgrimage site for visitors to New York from around the world. 

Strawberry Fields, Central Park W. and 72nd St.

Imagine Mosaic in Central Park

 Jonathan Kuhn, director of Arts &amp; Antiquities for the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, discusses 'Strawberry Fields', an installation in Central Park dedicated to John Lennon. 

 Perhaps more renowned for its resident John Lennon who was shot outside by Mark David Chapman in 1973, the Dakota was one of the first large apartments built on the West Side. In order to attract upscale residents to what was then an almost rural location, the building is loaded with amenities. Carriages would enter through a porte cochere. There are elevators as well as staircases. Each of the 65 apartments is unique, all of the rooms are very large; living rooms are 45' long and 14' high and have windows on several sides. The building also featured a large dining hall with dumbwaiters for food to be transported to the apartments. For exercise, children could play in a penthouse playroom and gymnasium. Outside there was a garden, croquet lawn, and tennis court. It generated its own electricity. There was central heating which was unusual for the 1880's. Famous residents included Judy Garland, Yoko Ono, Lauren Bacall, Rosemary Clooney, Boris Karloff, Rudolph Nureyev, Leonard Bernstein, and Connie Chung. 

The Dakota

 Herald Square is formed by the intersection of Broadway, Sixth Avenue (officially named Avenue of the Americas) and 34th Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Named for the New York Herald, a now-defunct newspaper formerly headquartered there, it also gives its name to the surrounding area. The intersection is a typical Manhattan bow-tie square that consists of two named sections: Herald Square to the north (uptown) and Greeley Square to the south (downtown). 

Herald Square

The U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square signs over 1,000 applicants every year. It has been on this spot since 1946, and was granted indefinite free use of the land it is on in 1950. The current building, which was constructed in 1999, resembles a three-dimensional U.S. flag.The US Department of Defense commissioned ARO to replace their busiest recruiting station, a 500 SF structure located in the heart of Times Square. The challenge was to create a symbol of service that would not be dwarfed in a sea of commerce. ARO designed a carefully detailed stainless-steel building with an American flag of colored fluorescent lights (now replaced with LED lights) illuminating each long facade. The building has become an icon. In 2006, the Municipal Art Society of New York City designated it one of 30 buildings erected in the past 30 years worthy of landmark status.

Times Square

US Armed Forces Recruiting Station

Jean Parker Phifer, NYC architect and author of Public Art New York, reads a selection on the US Armed Services Recruiting Station located in Times Square.

Stephen Cassell, principal architect at Architecture Research Office, discusses ARO's renovation of the Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Times Square.

 The 'Grand Circle' fronting Central Park at the 59th St entry, was originally envisioned by Olmsted and Vaux as a wide open vista for visitors entering the park. Crossing the circle became a pedestrian nightmare. In 2005, after a 2 year makeover, Columbus Circle was renovated into a more pedestrian friendly environment anchored by the Columbus Statue. Olin Partnership was the landscape architect; WET design designed the fountain. 

Columbus Circle

This monument commemorates those who perished in the U.S.S. Maine in 1898, killing three-quarters of the men on board. The battleship exploded and sank off the coast of Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War of 1898 for reasons still unknown. The inscription reads: To The Valient Seamen Who Perished In The Maine By Fate Unwarned In Death Unafraid.In 1913, the monument was placed at the Columbus Circle and 59th Street entrance to Central Park in New York City.

U.S.S. Maine Monument

 When Donald Trump bought the Old Headquarters for Gulf and Western, he wanted to transform the original 45 story office building into a hotel and apartment building. This required his architects, Philip Johnson and Costysis Kandilis to add an additional 7 floors (for a total of 52) and reclad the original beige stone and glass building with black glass. At the base Trump placed a stainless steel globe which was purported to be inspired by the Unisphere at the former world's fair in Queens. 

Trump International Hotel & Towers 

James Earl Fraser depicts the president, Theodore Roosevelt, seated high astride a horse, flanked by a Native American man and an African man standing below. Although this image depicts Roosevelt as sympathetic toward Native Americans due to the noble depiction of the man, it was actually the artist who was the sympathetic one. Fraser was exposed to frontier life and witnessed the mass movement of Native Americans from their land onto reservations. The statue has been linked with the image of the American Museum of Natural History and for decades has been seen by many as a problematic depiction of racial hierarchy.&nbsp; &nbsp;

AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection, 35mm: K13175

AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection, 35mm

Museum of Natural History

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Statue

Jean Parker Phifer, NYC architect and author of Public Art New York, reads a selection about the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, located at the Museum of Natural History.

This impressive museum was built in the Romanesque Revival style with pink granite, a barrel-vaulted ceiling, and marble floors.

The Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History houses the Museum’s new graduate program in comparative biology, the first museum program in the United States to grant PhDs. Occupying the top floor of the historic 1891 museum building designed by Josiah Cleveland Cady, the School includes a student lounge, a 25-person teaching lab, administrative offices, and a 50-person lecture hall. The project provides a home base for graduate students now scattered throughout the complex as well as a new identity for the program within the restored historic fabric of the building. The School is located along the “Golden Corridor of Science,” the monumentally scaled hallway that stretches more than 600 feet of the Museum’s upper floor. The heart of the complex is a double-height student lounge, ringed with a mezzanine with individual study carrels. A glazed wall opens the lounge to the corridor.

The original Hayden Planetarium, built in 1935, at the American Museum of Natural History was the fourth planetarium in the US. Designed by Trowbridge and Livingston, it sported an Art Deco concrete copper-covered dome, reflecting confidence in scientific progress. Inside, the planetarium housed state-of-the-art instruments, including the Zeiss II projector financed by Charles Hayden. The dome's interior was acoustically remarkable. The structure also featured an array of murals and an auditorium that projected past and future skies. The shows, blending science and optimism, aimed to soothe Depression-era fears. In WWII, the planetarium also assisted in training military personnel.&nbsp;

The Rose Center for Earth and Space redefines the identity of this venerable cultural and academic institution for the 21st century while respecting the historic architecture of the designated landmark. Along with the Arthur Ross Terrace, the Weston Pavilion and the renovated Theodore Roosevelt Park, The Rose Center completes the Museum’s north side. The iconic sphere, housed within a glass cube, contains the state-of-the art Hayden Planetarium and “Big Bang” theater, whose program describes the origins of the universe. The building itself is designed as a learning tool, as a visible expression of the science it contains. Its extraordinary curtain wall, structural system and lighting, its use of materials and color, its open planning and single, striking volumetric expression all reveal to the visitor an iconic example of building technology and science that makes this new building a worthy complement to the existing museum and an effective expression of the institution’s scientific and educational mission.

The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, the latest expansion of New York's historic American Museum of Natural History, responds to the urgent need for better science understanding and access to education. Created from within, the design enhances the Museum's functionality and visitor experience throughout the campus. The project establishes a new, accessible entrance and a strong east-west axis, creating over thirty connections between ten buildings and replacing former dead ends with continuous circulation. The Gilder Center introduces new exhibitions, education, collections, and research spaces, unveiling previously behind-the-scenes functions to the public and revealing the Museum's diverse collections and ongoing scientific research. Inspired by natural processes, the architecture mirrors a porous geological structure shaped by wind and water, with a central five-story atrium welcoming visitors. The atrium is supported by structural walls and arches that carry the building's load. Constructed with shotcrete, a technique used for infrastructure, the building boasts a seamless, visually unified interior that extends outward, harmonizing with the park and neighborhood. The atrium promotes energy efficiency by channeling light and air, and passive cooling is achieved through stone cladding, shaded windows, and vegetation. The Gilder Center, with its advanced environmental strategies and commitment to the natural world, exemplifies the Museum's mission.

Interior - early illustration -1877. New York City. The Presidential Visit - President Hayes participating in the opening ceremonies of the Museum of Natural History, Manhattan Square, Eighth Avenue and Seventy-Ninth to Eighty-First Street, on Saturday, December 22nd

Verso: The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial at the American Museum of Natural History was erected by the people of the State of New York as a tribute to a famous son who served as its Governor and later as the 26th President of the United States - a man who was renowned, also, for his interest in natural history and conservation. The architecture of the Memorial is in the classic style, the facade of which is set off by four iconic columns 54 feet high. Surmounting these columns are statues of Boone, Audubon, Clark, and Lewis, pioneers in the early exploration of our country. A bronze equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt by James Earle Fraser stands in front of the entrance. Giant Post Card. The American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Series Code: 77746-B. Publisher: Dexter Press, Inc.

Verso: Mr. and Mrs. J Meade, Oak Island, Babylon, Long Island Dear Mr. and Mrs. Meade: We sent you a bag of stale bread for your chickens. Keep in a dry place. We are all well and hope you are the same. Louise

AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Negative Collection, 8 x 10

Drawing of Hayden Planetarium interior, by Hugh Ferris of Trowbridge and Livingston, Architects, New York, May, 1934

AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Negative Collection, 4 x 5

AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Negative Collection, 5 x 7

AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection

AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection, 4 x 5

The American Museum of Natural History in New York City is one of the world’s preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, designed by Studio Gang and set in Theodore Roosevelt Park, connects 10 buildings across the Museum’s four-block campus, establishing continuous pathways to enhance visitor circulation.

American Museum of Natural History

Todd Shlieman talks about the Rose Center for Earth and Space- a new paradigm for planetaria based on transparency, openness and connectedness. The architect shares his excitement about being able to provide a vessel and an inspiration for learning about the universe through the design of his building.  


 Founded in 1804 the New York Historical Society is the oldest museum in New York City. It houses 1.6 million objects including a large collection of historical artifacts and works by the Hudson River School painters and John Audobon's 435 watercolors of birds. The library contains over 3 million books and other printed material. The five year renovation project to make the museum more user friendly and was completed in 2011. 

New York Historical Society Museum & Library

Architect Ray Dovell discusses the New York Historical Society Museum. Prior to the renovation, the building functioned more like a "club" than as a "museum"; with the renovation, the architects designed the building to invited the public inside. 

Scott Duenow, Senior Associate at Platt Byard Dovell White Architects talks about the renovated Central Park West facade and interior space of the New York Historical Society Museum.

 1 West 67th St. (Hotel des Artistes) Built in 1915 as a &ldquo;Cooperative&rdquo; it was designed by the esteemed architect George M. Pollard. Its outstanding lavish Neo-Gothic style is celebrated by its display of decorative statuary and gargoyles on its fa&ccedil;ade representing the arts. It has ten floors and approximately 85 units with several penthouse apartments. Originally the front apartments facing West 67th Street were built as residences, where as the rear apartments (with enormous windows allowing in the favorable Northern light) were built as artist`s lofts, as time went by these lofts were converted to palatial apartments. The homes at the Hotel des Artistes offer such distinguished details such as exquisite paneling in the living and dining rooms, and 22 foot ceilings in the living rooms. Some of the upstairs bedrooms have balconies which overlook the living areas, and fireplaces are also featured in the apartments. The building amenities include 24 hour concierge, elevator operator, pool and squash court. It was also the home to the celebrated restaurant Caf&eacute; des Artistes. Some of its former residences include the former mayor John Lindsay, Noel Coward, George Balanchine, Rudolph Valentino, Fanny Brice, and Norman Rockwell. 

Hotel Des Artistes

 The master plan for Capital Cities/ABC integrates a number of different facilities including corporate headquarters offices, TV and radio studios, broadcasting, engineering, and support services. Careful studies were initiated in order to determine the most effective layout of the interior spaces, provisions for employee amenities and parking, and the most useful arrangement of the departments into the various buildings. A major issue in the realization of the plan was the incorporation of new buildings and the renovation of existing structures in an &ldquo;edge condition,&rdquo; linking the entertainment-based Lincoln Center on its South side and the primarily residential neighborhood of the Upper West Side on its North end. The designs simultaneously bolster the presence of ABC while respecting their sites in their massing and materials. All together, the virtual &ldquo;wall&rdquo; of structures along 66th and 67th streets and Columbus Avenue create a positive and vital streetscape for the neighborhood. 

ABC World Headquarters

 The project is composed of an almost continuous palisade of mid-height apartment buildings punctuated by four twin-towered icons that establish it as an internationally acknowledged archetype of Manhattan and of modernity. Fifteen Central Park West consists of two buildings: a nineteen-story apartment house on the park reinforcing the palisade, and, relating to the four towers, a soaring thirty-five-story tower behind, separated by a garden and motor court but connected at street level by a domed elliptical pavilion. In contrast to the dark reflective glass of recent buildings around Columbus Circle, Fifteen Central Park West is clad in limestone, traditionally the material of choice for New York's most important buildings; no material takes the light more beautifully 

 Peter Aaron/Esto for Robert A.M. Stern Architects

15 Central Park West

 Time Warner Center exemplifies above all the concept of a city within a building, versus a building within a city. The mixed-use project encompasses major retail, restaurant, and exercise complexes; television studio production facilities for CNN; the cultural performance venues of Jazz @ Lincoln Center; office space (primarily the corporate headquarters of Time Warner); the Mandarin Oriental Hotel; and residential condominiums. It also resolves site infrastructure, including subway access, services, and parking. 

Time Warner Center

 Hearst Tower revives a dream from the 1920s, when William Randolph Hearst envisioned Columbus Circle as a vibrant media and entertainment quarter. Hearst commissioned a skyscraper on 8th Ave., but construction ended because of the Depression. The current Hearst Tower's distinctive faceted silhouette rises dramatically above the already-completed 1928 base of Joseph Urban's planned building, with a vast internal plaza occupying the entire shell of the historic base. Designed to consume significantly less energy than a conventional office building, the new 42-story tower provides almost one million square feet of office space. It rises above the old building, linked on the outside by a transparent skirt of glazing that floods the spaces below with natural light. 

Hearst Tower

Brandon Haw, from Foster and Partners, discusses the construction of the Hearst Tower.

 Alwyn Court is a unique example of an apartment house of the type utilizing Terracotta. This is the finest building of its type in New York City. Most high apartment structures at the turn of the century followed a general pattern having limestone base for the lower stories, a relatively plain shaft of regularly spaced windows for the central portion, and a top story or two treated in some special manner crowned by a projecting cornice. Decoration as such was limited to main entrances, occasional balconies, belt courses and cornices. Here at Alwyn Court, instead of limiting the decoration, the architects went to the other extreme, leaving hardly any surface undecorated. Such detail would have been out of the question in stone, but by taking advantage of a material in vogue at that time, 1907-08, the architects were able to produce the entire commission for less than a million dollars. This material was terra-cotta, a cast clay product glazed and fired. Since each mold could be used repeatedly the amount of decoration desired was only limited to the number of motifs the budget allowed. The architects for Alwyn Court in designing this French Renaissance apartment house, decided to depart from the prevailing design formula of that day by constituting the first four floors the base, the next five as the shaft and the final three as the crown. These three parts are separated horizontally by strong projecting decorative bands between which pilasters with Corinthian caps divide the Seventh Avenue elevation into four bays and the 58th Street elevation into five. The corner is a rounded bay in the best Parisian tradition. The shafts of the pilasters, treated as Renaissance panels, have a profusion of details. The tripartite windows at each floor are separated by richly decorated mullions and spindles; the spandrels between floors are divided into three panels each heavily decorated. 

Alwyn Court Apartments

 Built in 1891 by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Hall immediately became the home of the New York Philharmonic and, by extension, one of the most prestigious music venues in the world. It presents about 200 concerts every year. This restoration and renovation posed an especially exciting challenge, given the building`s landmark status, a demanding construction schedule, and users` memories and expectations for America`s most venerated concert hall. An extensive restoration of Carnegie`s original details celebrates the hall`s rich history. New details&mdash;custom lighting fixtures, railings, graphics and a new marquee&mdash;which evoke the spirit of the original design, announce late twentieth century improvements without compromising the building`s historic character. Phases I and II included the new lobby, newly-created Kaplan Rehearsal Space, and completely renovated Main Hall and Weill Recital Hall, which together demonstrate how carefully-designed public spaces can range from the ceremonial to the intimate. Newly developed circulation systems facilitate transitions from public entry and gathering spaces to the performance halls. The design has transformed this late nineteenth century hall into a twenty-first century facility. 

Carnegie Hall

 One of the most significant office towers on 6th Ave is the Equitable Center designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. The Equitable Center commissioned several works of art for its public spaces, including a sixty-eight by thirty-two-foot mural from the Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, sculpture from the British artist Barry Flanagan, large-scale &ldquo;wall drawings&rdquo; from the Minimalist sculptor Sol LeWitt, and specially designed furnishings and decorations from the furniture designer and &ldquo;sculptor&rdquo; Scott Burton. 

Equitable Center

Bryant Park is a 9.6-acre public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Just blocks from Times Square and the Theater District and mere feet from the New York Public Library, the park is an ideal resting spot for the thousands of tourists and residents who pass by its boundaries each day. Highlights include the Benito Ju&aacute;rez Monument, the Gertrude Stein Statue, the Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, the Jose Bonifacio De Andrada E Silva Statue, the Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain and the William Earl Dodge sculpture. This European-style public park, with ample seating, a symmetrical design, and well-kept trees and lawns is watched over by a massive branch of the New York Public Library. The rehabilitation of the park recaptured a derelict public space by introducing amenities, careful interventions in the landscape and proper maintenance. To draw pedestrian traffic, hedges were removed and openings made in the central lawn's balustrade. New entrances and ramps to the north and south were added, and access points were altered to encourage easy visitation. The park is anchored by four neoclassical food kiosks and the grand-caf&eacute; style Bryant Park Grill and Caf&eacute;, allowing patrons to dine inside, outside and on a roof terrace. These amenities have become a permanent part of the New York Public Library's landscaped perimeter, unanimously approved by the Landmarks Commission and universally praised by visitors.

Bryant Park

A description of various artworks in and around Bryant Park.

 Jean Parker Phifer, NYC architect and author of Public Art New York, reads a selection about Bryant Park, discussing its renovation in the 1990s after its takeover by drug dealers during the 70s and 80s. 

Hugh Hardy of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture discusses his work on the renovation of Bryant Park, from a drug-infested area to a clean and safe community area.

Jean Parker Phifer, NYC architect and author of Public Art New York, reads a selection about the William Cullen Bryant Memorial, a bronze statue located in Bryant Park.

 Step below grade at the subway to check out the Arts for Transit work by Sam Kunce -Under Bryant Park' from 2002. According to the Arts for Transit website: -The artist based the project on the idea of systems. In her words, 'People travel the subway system, water and other utility services are delivered by pipes, and plants and trees that provide grace and softness against the city's sharper edges find their way to water and nutrients underground through a system of roots. In a similar way, literature is shared by systems of learning and lending, and many animals inhabit systems of burrows just as humans systematically divide portions of larger habitats above ground." 

                                            
                                            
                                            
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 Rick Cook discusses the development of the first green skyscraper in Times Square. 

To celebrate the richness of the public art around Grand Central, we put together a walking tour which is modeled on the acoustiguide you might get in a museum.  You can listen to the entire tour below, download it to your ipod, or just a section that interests you. In addition to our narrative, we also recorded Jean Parker Phifer reading excerpts from her book about Bryant Park and some of the sculptures found there and Richard Haas talking about some of the murals he has painted in the area.

Matthew Broderick reveals to us the hidden world of the chess tables, the players, and the strategies.

Matthew Broderick takes us back to his childhood, as well as introduces us to the German writer and poet Goethe.

Matthew Broderick invites us to observe the daily interplay between the City's movers and shakers at the Bryant Park Grill.

Matthew Broderick invites us to come meet him at Bryant Park, located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.

Matthew Broderick helps us to see the park through the eyes of one of its most important and eloquent employees.

Matthew Broderick takes us back in time to an older New York, through the power of the written word.

Matthew Broderick shows us the philosophical path of most enjoyment, through the game of petanque.

Matthew Broderick gives us a new way to appreciate the relationship of the Park and the City. 

Designed to set a new standard in high-performance buildings, for the office workers who occupy the tower and for a nation awakening to the modern imperative of sustainability, the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is a 55-story, 2.2 million sf project that is the first commercial high-rise to achieve LEED Platinum certification. Drawing on concepts of biophilia, or people`s innate need for connection to the natural environment, the vision was to create the The building`s floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall minimizes solar heat gain through low-e glass and heat-reflecting ceramic frit while simultaneously providing exquisite views. Waterless urinals, greywater recycling, and rainwater harvesting systems save millions of gallons of potable water and reduce the building`s water consumption by nearly 50%. With an under-floor air system and 95% filtration, fresh air delivered to offices can be individually controlled and is actually cleaner when it is exhausted from the building. Recognizing its impact in the heart of a dense metropolis, thermal ice-storage tanks in the building`s cellar produce ice at night, reducing the building`s peak demand on the city`s over-taxed electric grid. In addition, an onsite 4.6 megawatt cogeneration plant provides a clean, efficient power source for nearly 70% of the building`s annual energy requirements. One Bryant Park represents a shift in thinking about modern building design, achieving at scale many of the green building movement`s most transformative ideas for water and energy conservation, material efficiency, and indoor environmental quality. It has fundamentally transformed the market for large-scale commercial developments. In the city defined by the modern skyscraper, the tower also makes a highly visible statement on regeneration, urban stewardship, and global citizenship for the twenty-first century.

One Bryant Park

 Started broadcasting on television nationally on NBC 

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, New York City

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