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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - Upper East Side - New York City

Guggenheim Museum against a white sky, Upper East Side, New York City.

 

The architecture in this photo is the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and is the top of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Wright was commissioned to design a space for the museum in 1943 and the project took well over a decade to complete. He apparently was disappointed in the choice of New York City as the home of the building as he thought that New York City was overbuilt and overpopulated. However, he complied with the wishes of the client and the Guggenheim was set to be built next to Central Park as possible to keep it as close to nature as possible. It is located on the Upper East Side on 5th Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets across from Central Park.

 

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Uploaded on April 11, 2012
Taken on April 10, 2012