Completed General Assembly building of the United Nations

Description

The exterior of the United Nations General Assembly building and the Secretariat building in New York, New York. Traffic on First Avenue in the foreground.
October 1952
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Typewritten on back in French and English, "(HQUN:EXT:GNLV) THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING. UN 38774 - The last of the three main structures that make up the U.N. permanent Headquarters -the General Assembly building- is now nearing completion and will be ready for the opening of the seventh session of the Assembly when it convenes, on 14 October. As this picture shows, the General Assembly building occupies the most prominent part of the site area and is the focal point of the Headquarters' composition. Its low sweeping lines stand in sharp contrast to the 39-story skyscraper Secretariat building (to which it is connected by the Conference area). The northern façade of the building (foreground) is made of translucent glass set between marble columns, The concave side walls are faced with English limestone, with panels and trimmings in marble matching the narrow ends of the Secretariat building. United Nations, N.Y., 1 October 1952. MB/pcd. Please credit : UNATIONS. f-s."