Skyscraper Abstract # 8 - The Grace Building
by Allen Beatty
Title
Skyscraper Abstract # 8 - The Grace Building
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
The W. R. Grace Building is a skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed principally by Gordon Bunshaft, and completed in 1974.[1] The building was commissioned by the W.R. Grace Company, and was also used by the Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
The building is located at 1114 Sixth Avenue, but the main entrance is on 42nd Street, between 5th and 6th. It overlooks Bryant Park and the New York Public Library's main branch. The building size has approximately 1,518,000 rent-able square feet, and sits on a site approximately 100 x 442 feet.
One of the notable aesthetic attributes of the building is the concave vertical slope of its north and south facades, on 42nd and 43rd Street. This is similar to another of Bunshaft's creations, the Solow Building, which is no coincidence, as he had used the initial, rejected façade design for that building in his design for the Grace Building. The exterior of the building is covered in white travertine, which forms a contrast against the black windows and makes the building appear brighter than those surrounding it.
Here we see a profile view looking from the entrance on 42nd street. The building on the right is the Bank of America Building.
This image is Featured in the following FAA groups:
USA Photographers,
Art For Eternity With You,
Our World Gallery,
Arts Fantastic World,
Abstract Moods,
Contemporary,
Pin Me - Daily,
Artist News,
Images That Excite You,
New York Sunsets Sunrises Landscapes And Iconic Places,
Mind-Blowing Photography,
Architecture - Automotive - Sports,
Your Very Best Photography,
The Niche,
Only Doors and Windows,
No Place Like Home,
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November 19th, 2017
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Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE this extraordinary artwork on the homepage of the FAA Group No Place Like Home, 1/8/2018!
Allen Beatty replied:
Jenny, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the No Place Like Home Group
Allen Beatty
Nader, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Only Doors and Windows Group
Allen Beatty
Bob, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Your Very Best Photography Group
Allen Beatty
Jannice, thank you very much for the Home page Feature in the Architecture -Automotive -Sports Group
Johanna Hurmerinta
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fantastic photo is featured on the home page of Mind-blowing Photography. LF.
Allen Beatty replied:
Johanna, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Mind-Blowing Photography Group
Allen Beatty
Dora, thank you very much for the Home page Feature in the New York Sunsets Sunrises Landscapes And Iconic Places Group
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Allen Beatty replied:
John, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Images That Excite You