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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.
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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.
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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.
Herman F. Schaer Cafe
Cafe, Herman F. Schaer, 136 West 42nd Street. Portrait of customers and bartenders.
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.
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.
141 West 41st Street
141-143 West 41st Street. Vincent Astor estate.
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
Bush Terminal Building
Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 41st Street Sixth Avenue, west side, from 41st to 42nd Streets, with the Bush Terminal Tower in the centre. 1918 Brown Brothers. NO REPRODUCTIONS.
141 West 41st Street
Manhattan: 41st Street (West) - 6th Avenue 141, 143 West 4lst Street, north side, between Sixth Avenue and Broadway. No. 141 is the former residence of "Diamond Jim" Brady. About 1925. Brown Brothers.
141 West 41st Street
141 West 41st Street (Broadway - Sixth Avenue)
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