Proposed Convocation Tower, Madison Square (Northeast Corner of Madison Avenue and East 26th Streeet)

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Night scene of a skyscraper consisting of a massed cluster of low tiered sections below culminating in a monumental tower. The structure is illuminated by the city street lights below and streams of light from a chapel- like central section. A white cross is visible at the top of the tower. Pedestrians walk among silhouetted leafless trees below.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Delineator
Hugh Ferriss, American, 1889–1962
Date
1921
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss
Medium
Photostat mounted on illustration board
Dimensions
63.8 x 37.1cm (25 1/8 x 14 5/8in.)
Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)
Type
architecture
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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