Headquarters of the United Nations, seen from an NYC Ferry on the East River, east of Roosevelt Island near the 11th Street Basin on the Queens side (which is behind the camera). You can't see Roosevelt Island, but right of center you can see Middle Rock off of the tip of the island in the Roosevelt Island Reef.‹›
Headquarters of the United Nations

Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer

Exterior · New York City, United States · 1952

Photo: Joe Mabel · Taken on 7 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 6000×4000

Headquarters of the United Nations, seen from an NYC Ferry on the East River, east of Roosevelt Island near the 11th Street Basin on the Queens side (which is behind the camera). You can't see Roosevelt Island, but right of center you can see Middle Rock off of the tip of the island in the Roosevelt Island Reef.

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