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Film Center Building
The Film Center Building, also known as 630 Ninth Avenue, is a 13-story office building on the east side of Ninth Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Built in 1928–1929, the structure has historically catered to businesses involved in film, theater, television and music and audio production. The building was designed in the Art Deco style, with Ely Jacques Kahn as the architect of record. The lobby's interior is a New York City landmark, and the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Film Center Building occupies a rectangular site. Its facade is largely made of brown brick, with windows on all sides, although the ground story has a marble facade and the second story has a white-stone facade. The main entrance on Ninth Avenue leads to a rectangular vestibule, which in turn leads to the main lobby, an elevator lobby, and a passageway leading to a secondary entrance. The lobby's walls and ceilings resemble tapestries, while details such as stair risers, ventilation grilles, directory signs, and elevator doors were designed in a multicolored scheme. The upper stories contain offices, which were initially used largely by major film companies such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. There were also nearly 100 film vaults, some of which have been converted to office space over the years.
In the 1910s and 1920s, New York City's film industry was centered around Times Square, prompting developer Abe N. Adelson to acquire a site for a film-distribution building in April 1928. Tenants began moving to the building in January 1929, coinciding with the construction of other film-exchange buildings in the immediate vicinity. The Film Center Building was sold at a foreclosure auction in 1936 and was subsequently sold again in 1950. By the mid-20th century, television and independent film producers began taking space there. The First Republic Bank bought the Film Center Building in 1968, and Newmark & Company acquired it in 1971. GFP Real Estate, which split from Newmark & Company, further renovated the Film Center Building in the 2010s.
The Film Center Building is at 630 Ninth Avenue, on the eastern side of Ninth Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. The land lot is rectangular and covers about 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2). The site occupies 200 ft (61 m) along Ninth Avenue and 90 ft (27 m) along both 44th and 45th Streets. The Film Center Building shares the city block with the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, a Broadway theater, and the Davenport Theatre, an Off-Broadway theater, to the east.
The site had historically been part of John Leake Norton's estate, which was split into multiple plots in 1825. John F. Betz of Philadelphia, whose family owned the John F. Betz & Sons Brewery, acquired part of Norton's estate in 1862, on the eastern side of Ninth Avenue from 44th to 45th Street. Five-story tenements were developed along the neighboring section of Ninth Avenue during the late 19th century. During the early 20th century, the area evolved into a hub for New York City's film industry. At the time of the Film Center Building's construction, it faced the Ninth Avenue elevated line of the New York City Subway.
The Film Center Building was built in 1928–29 and was designed in the Art Deco style. Ely Jacques Kahn of the firm Buchman & Kahn was the architect of record. Edward Raymond McMahon of Buchman & Kahn was largely responsible for the overall design, though little is known about him. The Film Center's first-floor interior, highlighted by Kahn's "highly individualistic version of the Art Deco style", includes pre-Columbian influences. The building contains 280,000 sq ft (26,000 m2) of rentable space. with 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2) on each story.
The structure was designed as a rectangular mass with minimal ornamentation. What sparse decoration the building had was concentrated on the lowest two stories. The north, west, and south elevations of the facade respectively face 45th Street, Ninth Avenue, and 44th Street. The Film Center Building's facade is divided vertically into eleven bays on Ninth Avenue and five bays each on 44th and 45th Streets.
The facade includes marble piers on the ground story, white stone on the second story, and brown brick on the other stories. The main entrance is on Ninth Avenue, although there are additional entrances on the side streets. On Ninth Avenue is a stepped frame with geometric designs and bands, which flanks the first-story entryway and second-story windows. On the first story of the entryway are three doors; a sign with the words "Film Center" in capital letters is mounted above the entrance. On each story of all three elevations, there is a pair of sash windows in the outer bays and groups of four sash windows in each of the inner bays. The windows on each story are separated by grooved spandrel panels. In addition, a belt course runs horizontally across the facade above the 10th and 12th floors; the belt courses were an example of the simple geometric designs that Kahn used in his designs.
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Film Center Building
The Film Center Building, also known as 630 Ninth Avenue, is a 13-story office building on the east side of Ninth Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Built in 1928–1929, the structure has historically catered to businesses involved in film, theater, television and music and audio production. The building was designed in the Art Deco style, with Ely Jacques Kahn as the architect of record. The lobby's interior is a New York City landmark, and the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Film Center Building occupies a rectangular site. Its facade is largely made of brown brick, with windows on all sides, although the ground story has a marble facade and the second story has a white-stone facade. The main entrance on Ninth Avenue leads to a rectangular vestibule, which in turn leads to the main lobby, an elevator lobby, and a passageway leading to a secondary entrance. The lobby's walls and ceilings resemble tapestries, while details such as stair risers, ventilation grilles, directory signs, and elevator doors were designed in a multicolored scheme. The upper stories contain offices, which were initially used largely by major film companies such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. There were also nearly 100 film vaults, some of which have been converted to office space over the years.
In the 1910s and 1920s, New York City's film industry was centered around Times Square, prompting developer Abe N. Adelson to acquire a site for a film-distribution building in April 1928. Tenants began moving to the building in January 1929, coinciding with the construction of other film-exchange buildings in the immediate vicinity. The Film Center Building was sold at a foreclosure auction in 1936 and was subsequently sold again in 1950. By the mid-20th century, television and independent film producers began taking space there. The First Republic Bank bought the Film Center Building in 1968, and Newmark & Company acquired it in 1971. GFP Real Estate, which split from Newmark & Company, further renovated the Film Center Building in the 2010s.
The Film Center Building is at 630 Ninth Avenue, on the eastern side of Ninth Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. The land lot is rectangular and covers about 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2). The site occupies 200 ft (61 m) along Ninth Avenue and 90 ft (27 m) along both 44th and 45th Streets. The Film Center Building shares the city block with the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, a Broadway theater, and the Davenport Theatre, an Off-Broadway theater, to the east.
The site had historically been part of John Leake Norton's estate, which was split into multiple plots in 1825. John F. Betz of Philadelphia, whose family owned the John F. Betz & Sons Brewery, acquired part of Norton's estate in 1862, on the eastern side of Ninth Avenue from 44th to 45th Street. Five-story tenements were developed along the neighboring section of Ninth Avenue during the late 19th century. During the early 20th century, the area evolved into a hub for New York City's film industry. At the time of the Film Center Building's construction, it faced the Ninth Avenue elevated line of the New York City Subway.
The Film Center Building was built in 1928–29 and was designed in the Art Deco style. Ely Jacques Kahn of the firm Buchman & Kahn was the architect of record. Edward Raymond McMahon of Buchman & Kahn was largely responsible for the overall design, though little is known about him. The Film Center's first-floor interior, highlighted by Kahn's "highly individualistic version of the Art Deco style", includes pre-Columbian influences. The building contains 280,000 sq ft (26,000 m2) of rentable space. with 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2) on each story.
The structure was designed as a rectangular mass with minimal ornamentation. What sparse decoration the building had was concentrated on the lowest two stories. The north, west, and south elevations of the facade respectively face 45th Street, Ninth Avenue, and 44th Street. The Film Center Building's facade is divided vertically into eleven bays on Ninth Avenue and five bays each on 44th and 45th Streets.
The facade includes marble piers on the ground story, white stone on the second story, and brown brick on the other stories. The main entrance is on Ninth Avenue, although there are additional entrances on the side streets. On Ninth Avenue is a stepped frame with geometric designs and bands, which flanks the first-story entryway and second-story windows. On the first story of the entryway are three doors; a sign with the words "Film Center" in capital letters is mounted above the entrance. On each story of all three elevations, there is a pair of sash windows in the outer bays and groups of four sash windows in each of the inner bays. The windows on each story are separated by grooved spandrel panels. In addition, a belt course runs horizontally across the facade above the 10th and 12th floors; the belt courses were an example of the simple geometric designs that Kahn used in his designs.