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Bush Terminal Building
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Bush Terminal Building ca. 1938 Erected in 1917 by Irving T. Bush, the businessman who created the massive Bush Terminal warehouse and factory complex in Brooklyn, the Bush Terminal Sales Building at 130 W. 42nd St. was one of the last of the tall towers to rise without the setbacks the 1916 zoning law required. Its architect Harvey Wiley Corbett was a leading advocate of the setback form, but he was happy to oblige his client with a slender tower of stacked showroom floors that imitated a Gothic spire.

Bush Terminal Building
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Bush Terminal Building ARCHITECT: Helmle & Corbett DATE: 1916-21 STYLE: Neo-Gothic Combining historical neo-Gothic detailing with a modern, pronounced vertical emphasis, the building represents an important intermediate stage in the development of the skyscraper. Secondary elevations finished with an innovative treatment of trompe l’oeil colored brick piers, and the engineering solutions for the towerlike steel-frame building erected on a very narrow plot were features of interest.

Famous Sites in the History of Women's Rights
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In August 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving some women—but not all—the right to vote at the national level. Celebrate the centennial of suffrage with a tour of New York locations that were important in the history of women’s rights.

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104 West 42nd Street

104 West 42nd Street near 6th Avenue. American Radiator Co. Building.

130-132 West 42nd Street

Street Scenes - 1909. West 42nd St. So. Side Between 6th Ave. & Broadway. Lewis & Conger, 130-132 West 42nd St. Lewis & Conger, Home Furnishings Warerooms at 130-132 West 42nd Street. The merchandise displays in its large front windows can be seen. Other businesses in adjacent buildings include Pease Piano Co., Shayne Furs, S. Schwartz Picture Framers, and Lewinson \&Company Civil Engineers. A horse-drawn carriage is waiting in front of Lewis & Conger and pedestrians can be seen on West 42nd Street.

Hanan & Son

Mess'rs Hanan & Son. Walls lined with shelves of shoeboxes and display counter in center.

Hanan & Son

Hanan & Son

Hanan & Son. Walls lined with shelves of shoeboxes, seats and display counter.

Hanan & Son

Hanan & Son

Hanan & Son. Walls lined with shelves of shoeboxes, seats and display counter.

Hanan & Son

Street Scene 1910, Broadway, West Side - No. from 31st St. A street corner occupied by retail store Hanan Shoes, or Hanan & Son.

112 West 42nd Street

West 42nd Street. Water still in Consolidated Gas Co. demonstration rooms.

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company showrooms, pastry oven.

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company. Interior, showroom, model apartment, dining room

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company. Interior, showroom, model apartment, living room

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company. Interior, showroom, model apartment, dining room

112 West 42nd Street

112 West 42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Co. office.

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company showrooms, combination broiler and iron heater.

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company showrooms, cabinet range.

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company, 42nd Street showrooms, steam table for a small restaurant.

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company. Interior, showroom, model apartment, living room

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company. Interior, showroom, model apartment, living room

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company showrooms, oyster steamer.

112 West 42nd Street

Consolidated Gas Company, 42nd Street showrooms, garden roaster and broiler.

112 West 42nd Street

Smoke oven, broiler, Consolidated Gas Co. showrooms, 42nd Street.

Herman F. Schaer Cafe

Cafe, Herman F. Schaer, 136 West 42nd Street. Portrait of customers and bartenders.

112 West 42nd Street

42nd Street. Consolidated Gas Company showrooms, smoke oven.

112 West 42nd Street

Trouser presser, Consolidated Gas Co., 42nd St. showrooms.

112 West 42nd Street

Trouser presser, Consolidated Gas Co., 42nd St. showrooms.

Bush Terminal Building

West 42nd Street. Bush Building.

Bush Terminal Building

Building, Bush, 130 West 42nd Street Bet. 6th Ave. & B'way. View from a rooftop of the south side of West 42nd Street, between 6th Avenue and Broadway; the Bush Terminal Building, 130 West 42nd Street, is the subject of photograph.

Bush Terminal Building

West 42nd Street. Booth designed for Harriet Hubbard Ayer exhibit at Bush Terminal Building, by Joseph Wickes Studio.

Bush Terminal Building

West 42nd Street. Booth designed for Harriet Hubbard Ayer exhibit at Bush Terminal Building, by Joseph Wickes Studio.

Bush Terminal Building

West 42nd Street and 6th Avenue. Hamilton National Bank, bond department lobby.

Bush Terminal Building

West 42nd Street and 6th Avenue. Hamilton National Bank, bond department lobby.

Bush Terminal Building

West 42nd Street and 6th Avenue. Hamilton National Bank, board room.

1081 Sixth Avenue

Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 41st Street Sixth Avenue, at and adjoining N.W. corner of 41st Street, seen from Bryant Park. October 12, 1927. P. L. Sperr.

1081 Sixth Avenue

Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 41st Street N. W. corner of 41st Street and Sixth Avenue. January 28, 1928. P.L. Sperr,Photographer. Sixth Avenue from 40th Street to 42nd Street at Bryant Park. September 28, 1930. P.L. Sperr,Photographer. Sixth Avenue 40th to 42nd Streets. November 1924. P.L. Sperr,Photographer.

1085 Sixth Avenue

Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 41st Street Sixrth Avenue, west side, north from 4lst Street. September 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

Bush Terminal Building

\[Bush Terminal Building, 130 West 42nd Street.] View from a rooftop of the south side of West 42nd Street, between 6th Avenue and Broadway; the Bush Terminal Building, 130 West 42nd Street, is the subject of photograph, adjacent buildings visible, including the Empire State Building, beyond.

Bush Terminal Building

Building, Bush, 130 West 42nd Street. View from a rooftop of the south side of West 42nd Street, between 6th Avenue and Broadway; the Bush Terminal Building, 130 West 42nd Street, is the subject of photograph, adjacent buildings visible, including the Empire State Building, beyond.

Bush Terminal Building

View Feb. 21, 1938 S.E. from 43rd St. W. of 6th Ave. Looking south of the Bush Building, at 130 West 42nd St.; the Empire State Building is visible at the far left.

Bush Terminal Building

Building, Bush, 130 West 42nd Street. From a rooftop of the south side of West 42nd Street, between 6th Avenue and Broadway; the Bush Terminal Building, 130 West 42nd Street, is the subject of photograph, adjacent buildings visible, including the Empire State Building, beyond.

Bush Terminal Building

Building, Bush, 130 West 42nd Street. View from a rooftop of the south side of West 42nd Street, between 6th Avenue and Broadway; the Bush Terminal Building, 130 West 42nd Street, is the subject of photograph, adjacent buildings visible, including the Empire State Building, beyond.

1095 Sixth Avenue

Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 42nd Street, April 7, 1939.

1095 Sixth Avenue

Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 42nd Street. View from Bryant Park, April 7, 1939.

1095 Sixth Avenue

Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at 42nd Street, April 7, 1939.

Bush Terminal Building

130 West 42nd Street. Hamilton National Bank, interior.

Bush Terminal Building

130 West 42nd Street. Hamilton National Bank, interior.

Bush Terminal Building

130 West 42nd Street. Hamilton National Bank, interior.

Bush Terminal Building

\[Two Bush Terminal piers] Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0116), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views, in different sizes, of Bush Terminal piers in Sunset Park. Inscription on verso of 0116: "Bush Company's Pier No. 5, 1305 feet long & 150 feet wide, the largest in New York Harbor." The images are not dated.

Bush Terminal Building

Manhattan: 42nd Street (West) - 5th Avenue. (1) West 42nd Street, west from a point slightly west of Fifth Ave. and showing buildings on the north side facing Bryant Park. Prominent building shown in the background is the Bush Terminal Building. Note its 8-story annex under construction. The left foreground of this view is the base of the huge Salmon Tower Building. Nicholas Savostayanoff. Gift of Geo. D. Chinn. (2) A detail of the buildings seen in No. 1 and showing mainly the 18-story Aeolian Hall Building, No. 29-33 West 42nd Street, as viewed in a northward direction,from the Bryant Park Mall at the rear of the New York Public Library (right). To the right of the Hall appears the 5 storied Central Building; while to the left is Stern Brothers Department Store. Nicholas Savostayanoff. Gift of Geo. D. Chinn.

Bush Terminal Building

Manhattan: 43rd Street (West) - 6th Avenue W 43rd Street, west from and across Sixth Avenue, as viewed from the Aeolian Hall, showing at Times Square the Paramount Building. In the lower right hand corner is the southwesterly corner of the Hippodrome. To the extreme left appears a portion of the Times Building. View No. 2 shows same in the center thereof. Prominently depicted in the latter is also the Bush Terminal Bldg. on 42nd Street. In the background is the North (Hudson) River and the Jersey Shore. September 14, 1927. Views 1 and 2 P. L. Sperr

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