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Javits Center

The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, commonly known as the Javits Center, is a large convention center on Eleventh Avenue between 34th Street and 38th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by architect James Ingo Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. The space frame structure was constructed from 1979 to 1986 and was named to honor Jacob Javits, the United States Senator for New York. W…

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1986

Manhattan, Manhattan, United States

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Javits Center in Manhattan, United States

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I. M. Pei

1917-2019 · New York, New York, United States

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Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect.

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I. M. Pei & Partners

practice · New York, New York, United States

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