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Can You Believe They Built These in NYC?
New York City is home to architecture that’s recognizable all around the world: the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and One World Trade Center immediately come to mind. But NYC also has striking and downright strange structures that raise the question, What is that? Two citywide October events—Archtober and Open House New York—celebrate a number of these unusual buildings. We celebrate them too in this slideshow; click through for a look.
Photo: Julienne Schaer
The Oculus, World Trade Center Transportation Hub
Photo: Kate Glicksberg
Barclays Center
Photo: Julienne Schaer
Jenga Building, 56 Leonard St.
Courtesy, MCR Development
TWA Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airport
Photo: Julienne Schaer
Edna St. Vincent Millay House, 75 ½ Bedford St.
Courtesy, Field Condition
Spring Street Salt Shed, 336 Spring St.
Photo: Tagger Yancey IV
New York State Pavilion, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Photo: Julienne Schaer
AT&T Long Lines Building, 33 Thomas St.
Photo: Julienne Schaer
Charles Street Farmhouse, 121 Charles St.
Photo: Julienne Schaer
Austrian Cultural Forum, 11 E. 52nd St.
Photo: Nic Lehoux
Via 57 West, West Side Highway at West 57th Street
Photo: Julienne Schaer
Staple Street Skybridge