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.

Warren and Wetmore. The Heckscher building, 730 Fifth Avenue. 1921 get directions

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)

Laurence Emmons. Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 106 Central Park South. 1930get directions

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

Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker. Irving Trust building, One Wall Street. 1931get directions

Irving Trust building. c. 1931. Photograph by Irving Underhill. Courtesy BNYMellon Archives, New York

Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells. Daily News building, 220 East 42 Street. 1929get directions

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

H. Craig Severance and Yasuo Matsui. Bank of Manhattan Company building, 40 Wall Street. 1930get directions

Bank of Manhattan Company building. c. 1930. Photograph by Irving Underhill. The Library of Congress

Trowbridge & Livingston. Bankers Trust building, 14 Wall Street. 1912get directions

Bankers Trust building. c. 1915. Unknown photographer. The Library of Congress

William Van Alen. Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue. 1930get directions

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 Foundations

Raymond Hood with Godley & Fouilhoux. McGraw-Hill building, 330 West 42 Street. 1931get directions

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

Shreve, Lamb & Harmon. Empire State building, 350 Fifth Avenue. 1931get directions

Empire State Building. c. 1931. Unknown Photographer. The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Architecture and Design

Trowbridge and Livingston. Equitable Trust building, 15 Broad Street. 1928get directions

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

Raymond Hood (head architect). Rockefeller Center. Complex of buildings between Fifth and Sixth avenues and 48th and 51st streets. 1932–40get directions

Rockefeller Center under construction. 1932. Photograph by Hamilton M. Wright. The Library of Congress; New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection