UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS.—The 40-storey United Nations secretariat building on New York’s Manhattan Island photographed last week, when the steel framework had reached the thirty-ninth floor. The estimated cost of the building is 65,000,000 dollars. The skyscraper on the left is the Empire State Building, and on the right, almost behind the United Nations structure, is the Chrysler Building.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25934, 14 October 1949, Page 7
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58UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS.—The 40-storey United Nations secretariat building on New York’s Manhattan Island photographed last week, when the steel framework had reached the thirty-ninth floor. The estimated cost of the building is 65,000,000 dollars. The skyscraper on the left is the Empire State Building, and on the right, almost behind the United Nations structure, is the Chrysler Building. Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25934, 14 October 1949, Page 7
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