Rivera's
New York
The sites Rivera visited during his 1931–32 trip to New York, many of which appear in the portable murals he made at The Museum of Modern Art, remain celebrated architectural landmarks. Trace the path Rivera traversed through Manhattan and explore these sites and their present-day surroundings by clicking on the map.
The Heckscher Building
730 Fifth Avenue
Warren and Wetmore
1921
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Postcard showing the Heckscher building, The Museum of Modern Art’s original site, with the Plaza Hotel on the right. 1923. Photograph by W. J. Roege. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. Image courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services (Rosa Laster)
Barbizon Plaza Hotel
106 Central Park South
Laurence Emmons
1930
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Barbizon Plaza Hotel, Rivera's and Frida Kahlo's temporary home while in New York. 1930. Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho. Courtesy the Museum of the City of New York; Gottscho-Schleisner Collection
Irving Trust Building
One Wall Street
Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker
1931
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Irving Trust building. c. 1931. Photograph by Irving Underhill. Courtesy BNYMellon Archives, New York
Daily News Building
220 East 42 Street
Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells
1929
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Daily News building. c. 1930. Unknown photographer. The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Architecture and Design. Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Bank of Manhattan Company Building
40 Wall Street
H. Craig Severance and Yasuo Matsui
1930
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Bank of Manhattan Company building. c. 1930. Photograph by Irving Underhill. The Library of Congress
Bankers Trust Building
14 Wall Street
Trowbridge & Livingston
1912
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Bankers Trust building. c. 1915. Unknown photographer. The Library of Congress
Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
William Van Alen
1930
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Chrysler building. 1930. Photograph by Peyser and Patzig from Photographic views of New York City, 1870's–1970's (1986). Milstein Division of United States History, Local History & Genealogy, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation
McGraw-Hill Building
330 West 42 Street
Raymond Hood with Godley & Fouilhoux
1931
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McGraw-Hill building. c. 1931. Photograph from the exhibition album Modern Architecture: International Exhibition. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. Photograph courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services
Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
1931
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Empire State building. c. 1931. Unknown Photographer. The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Architecture and Design
Equitable Trust Building
15 Broad Street
Trowbridge and Livingston
1928
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Equitable Trust building. 1933. Photograph by Percy L. Sperr from Photographic views of New York City, 1870's–1970's (1986). Milstein Division of United States History, Local History & Genealogy, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Rockefeller Center
Complex of buildings between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and 48th and 51st Streets
Raymond Hood (head architect)
1932–1940
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Rockefeller Center under construction. 1932. Photograph by Hamilton M. Wright. The Library of Congress; New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection