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Empire Building

Kimball & Thompson was the name of an architectural partnership made up of Francis H. Kimball and G. Kramer Thompson from 1892 to 1898. They were early proponents of steel framed curtain-walled skyscrapers. They built several buildings in Manhattan, New York City.

Works

  • The Empire Building (1895), 71 Broadway
  • Manhattan Life Insurance Building (1894; demolished 1964) 64–70 Broadway
  • Rhinelander Mansion (1898), Madison Avenue and 72nd Street, design credited to Kimball & Thompson "but a photograph of the mansion published at or near the end of construction included the notation that it was designed by Alexander Mackintosh, an obscure local practitioner."
  • Carriage housing for B. Altman's horse-drawn delivery wagons (1896), which survives on West 18th Street, with completely refitted interiors

References

  1. Shockley, Jay (June 25, 1996). "Empire Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. Manhattan Life Insurance Building skyscrapercenter.info
  3. "Manhattan Life Insurance Building, New York City". Emporis. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. Gray, Christopher (October 7, 2010). "From a Mysterious Mansion to a Ralph Lauren Store". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  5. Gray, Christopher (October 21, 2007). "When a Sixth Avenue Flagship Struck Its Colors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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