Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
Paths outward
- Location
- New York City, United States
- Year
- 1986
- Typology
- Culture
- Materials
- Glass, Metal cladding, Plaster, Steel
- Context
- Modernism
- Map
- Open location
The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, commonly known as the Javits Center, is a large convention center on Eleventh Avenue between 34th Street and 38th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by architect James Ingo Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. The space frame structure was constructed from 1979 to 1986 and was named to honor Jacob Javits, the United States senator for New York. When the Javits Center opened, it replaced the New York Coliseum at Columbus Circle as the city's major convention facility; the Coliseum was subsequently demolished and replaced by Time Warner Center.
