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Manhattan, United States

Forbes Building

Manhattan, United States

Forbes Building
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Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Forbes Building is a Beaux-Arts office tower completed in 1925 on Manhattan's skyline, designed by the prominent architectural firm Carrère and Hastings. The structure exemplifies the refined classical vocabulary characteristic of the Beaux-Arts style that dominated American institutional and commercial architecture in the early twentieth century. Its presence on the National Register of Historic Places reflects its significance as a well-preserved example of the era's architectural ambitions.

Architect

Carrère and Hastings

Movement

Beaux-Arts
Built
Type
office building
Heritage
National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place
Manhattan, United States

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Location

40.73500, -73.99528