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Meet Contemporary Painter "Andre Pace" from Glendale, Arizona

Author, Poet, & Artist. Published book titled " Contemporary & Modern Forums " by Andre pace ( isbn : 978-1-4931-0554-0). Studies in Drawing & Painting Lower Manhattan New York, library sessions Manhattan New York city branch, series Art & Ethics, Greco drawings, and building interiors.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Full Parking Lot. Manhattan, NY. (1953) by Swiss photographer Werner Bischof

HISTORIC LANDMARK: Flatiron Building, New York City (1902)

The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, is a triangular 22-story steel-framed landmarked building located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan , New York City , and is considered to be a groundbreaking  skyscraper . Upon completion in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city at 20 floors high and one of only two skyscrapers north of 14th Street – the other being the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower , one block east. The building sits on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue , Broadway , and East 22nd Street , with 23rd Street  grazing the triangle's northern (uptown) peak. As with numerous other wedge-shaped buildings, the name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a cast-iron clothes iron . The building, which has been called "one of the world's most iconic skyscrapers and a quintessential symbol of New York City", anchors the south (downtown) end of Madison Square and the north (uptown) end of t...

Hip Hop Hall of Fame Unveils New Design Concept for Manhattan

After two decades of development, the Official Hip Hop Hall of Fame (“HHHOF”) is poised to become “the Hip-Hop institution of record for the 21st century,” as reported in Billboard Magazine. The organization kicks off November 2016 ‘Hip Hop History Month’ by unveiling its long awaited ‘State of the Art’ Hip Hop Hall of Fame + Museum & Hotel Entertainment Complex design concept for its Manhattan location in New York City. The Hip Hop Hall of Fame was Established in 1992 by Founder J.T. Thompson, who created and executive produced the first Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Induction Ceremony & Concert on the BET Cable Network in the 1990’s to be the annual fundraising catalyst for the establishment of a Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum in New York City; modeled after the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Museum which produced 20 years of awards shows before eventually opening their Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The Hip Hop Hall of Fame + Museum and Entertainment Complex vision of the design concept i...