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Copyright: zeynel yesilay (mysea)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 11 W: 0 N: 20]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (387) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2002-01-18 |
| Categories: Daily Life |
| Camera: Nikon F4, Kodak Gold 100 |
| Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-02-20 3:54 |
| Viewed: 502 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
In 1946, the United Nations were looking for a location for their new headquarters in New York. The original plan was to use the grounds of the 1939 World Fair in Flushing Meadow Park in Queens. But when a project known as X-City on Manhattan's eastern border failed to materialize, John D. Rockefeller Jr. bought the 18 acre plot and donated it to United Nations. This site was then used to build the UN's headquarters. The whole area was converted into international territory and officially does not belong to the United States.
The design for the United Nations complex was drawn by an international committee of architects, the United Nations Board of Design. The most notable of the architects were Oscar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier and Wallace K. Harrison, who headed the board. Some renowned architects including Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius were excluded due to their historic links with Germany, the enemy during the war. |
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