View looking north on the East River from Midtown Manhattan, with the Queensboro Bridge in the background. Photo taken from East River Waterfront Esplanade.‹›
United Nations Secretariat Building

Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer

Construction · New York City, United States · 1951

Photo: Arild Vågen · 2017-08-16 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 5947×3345

View looking north on the East River from Midtown Manhattan, with the Queensboro Bridge in the background. Photo taken from East River Waterfront Esplanade.

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