David Whitney Building - Artifacts
David Whitney Building
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The Whitney Building's original exterior, left, and the rendering for the 1950s modernization
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A 1959 rendering of the proposed, and ultimately adopted, modernization of the Whitney's exterior
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A rendering by Minoru Yamasaki and Associates that would have seen the building turned into a hotel. It was never adopted.