The Headquarters of the United Nations occupies 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, bordered by First Avenue, 42nd Street, 48th Street and the East River. Completed in 1952, the complex consists of several structures, including the Secretariat, Conference and General Assembly buildings and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison and built by the firm Harrison and Abramovitz, with contributions from Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier. The headquarters holds the seats of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council, though the International Court of Justice sits separately in The Hague, and although the site is physically in the United States it is under the sole administration of the United Nations and technically extraterritorial through treaty with the United States government.
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The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.
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Completed in 1952, the complex consists of several structures
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The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.
History, Planning: groundbreaking
The groundbreaking ceremony for the initial buildings occurred on September 14, 1948.
History, Planning: Secretariat Building
downsized the Secretariat Building from 42 stories to 39 stories.
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Completed in 1952, the complex consists of several structures, including the Secretariat, Conference, and General Assembly buildings, and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. The complex was designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz, with final projects developed by Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier.
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The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.
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The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Created By: Wallace K. Harrison, Wikipedia intro
The complex was designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz, with final projects developed by Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier.
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