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Heckscher Building, 42nd Street
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Heckscher Building, 1916. August Heckscher, a German-born real estate developer, built this Madison Avenue skyscraper in 1916. Though it was constructed before the 1916 Zoning Resolution codifying setback requirements for skyscrapers, the Heckscher Building, designed by Jardine, Hill & Murdock, featured a five-story base, with a setback 27-story tower above. However, as reported by Christopher Gray in a 2002 Streetscapes column, Heckscher’s then-unique design had more to do with the peculiarities of lease terms for some of the assembled Madison Avenue plots. Be that as it may, the Heckscher building now stands among a thicket of Midtown skyscrapers, each with its own creative response to the 1916 regulation preserving light and open space.
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50 East 42nd Street
42nd St & Madison Ave, S.E. Cor.
Heckscher Building, 42nd Street
Heckscher Bldg., 50 E. 42 St. Cor. Madison Av. N.Y.C.
50 East 42nd Street
\[50 East 42nd Street.] The building at 50 East 42nd Street, which house Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Lincoln National Safe Deposit Bank Company is visible to the left.
50 East 42nd Street
Buildings, 50 East 42nd Street. The building at 50 East 42nd Street, which house Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Lincoln National Safe Deposit Bank Company is visible to the left.
50 East 42nd Street
\[Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Renting Office.] View through the door into the Cushman & Wakefield renting office at 50 East 42nd Street; office made to look like a clapboard house with a picket fence.
Carbide and Carbon Building
\[Carbide and Carbon Building, Southwest Corner 42nd St. & Madison Ave.]
Carbide and Carbon Building
\[Carbide and Carbon Building, Southwest Corner 42nd St. & Madison Ave.]
50 East 42nd Street
50 East 42nd Street. Exterior.
Carbide and Carbon Building
Street Scenes, Madison Avenue & 42nd Street. The corner of 42nd Street & Madison Avenue looking south. Cars and pedestrians are visible, as well as the Carbide and Carbon Building on the southwest corner.
Carbide and Carbon Building
\[Carbide and Carbon Building, Southwest 42nd St. & Madison Ave.] The Carbide and Carbon Building at 42nd Street & Madison Avenue.
Carbide and Carbon Building
Buildings, Carbide and Carbon Building, Southwest 42nd St. & Madison Ave. The Carbide and Carbon Building at 42nd Street & Madison Avenue.
Carbide and Carbon Building
Buildings, Carbide and Carbon Building, Southwest 42nd St. & Madison Ave. The Carbide and Carbon Building at 42nd Street & Madison Avenue.
Carbide and Carbon Building
Buildings, Carbide and Carbon Building, Southwest 42nd St. & Madison Ave. The Carbide and Carbon Building at 42nd Street & Madison Avenue.
Carbide and Carbon Building
\[Carbide and Carbon Building, Southwest Corner 42nd St. & Madison Ave.]
Heckscher Building, 42nd Street
57th Street at the S.W. corner of 5th Avenue. Hecksher Building, entrance.
50 East 42nd Street
\[50 East 42nd Street.] 50 East 42nd Street at Madison Avenue; view at street level.
50 East 42nd Street
Buildings, 50 East 42nd Street. The building at 50 East 42nd Street.
50 East 42nd Street
\[50 East 42nd Street.]
Carbide and Carbon Building
East 30th Street and Fourth Avenue, northeast corner. Loft building
50 East 42nd Street
\[50 East 42nd Street.]
Carbide and Carbon Building
\[Carbide and Carbon Building, Madison Avenue & 42nd Street.] The corner of 42nd Street & Madison Avenue looking south, showing the Carbide and Carbon Building. A series of arrows have been drawn onto the image, pointing to the second floor of the Carbide and Carbon Building, which has been circled.
Carbide and Carbon Building
The Union Carbide and Carbon Building at 30 East 42nd Street.
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