About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Buildings and structures completed in 1952, United Nations Headquarters, Estadio Nacional, Incarnation Catholic Church and School, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Moreton Bay Pile Light, Wien Westbahnhof, Kaba Aye Pagoda, Houston Main Building, Alto Vista Chapel, Komsomolskaya, Singapore Badminton Hall, Lever House, Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, Sands Hotel, St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, Delaware Stadium, Corrigan Tower, Saint Sophia, Government House, Baku, Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Liljestrand House, Banco de la Nacion Argentina, The Mogamma, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Edificio Miguel E. Abed, Dorton Arena, Unite d'Habitation, United Nations Secretariat Building, Mansfield Hollow Dam, Taft Homes, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment, Novoslobodskaya, Prospekt Mira, Round Hill, Jamaica, Topeka Lutheran School, Grande Hotel Beira, Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu, Municipal Stadium, Flins Renault Factory, Kraus House, Church of the Holy Agony, Paul R. Williams Residence, St. Emeric's Church, Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue, Gateway Center, 1952 in architecture, Stade Tata Raphael, Hugh P. Baker House, Stadionul Republican, Nagahama Hall, Palace Hotel, Helsinki. Excerpt: The headquarters of the United Nations is a distinctive complex in New York City. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River. Its borders are First Avenue on the west, East 42nd Street to the south, East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east. Turtle Bay is used as a metonym for the U.N. headquarters or for the U.N. as a whole. The United Nations has three additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters or headquarter districts. These are located in Geneva (Switzer...
