The traffic around the circle seems chaotic, and the fountains that surround it now wouldn’t come for another 80 or so years.
The yellow Victorian-looking structure in the center is the Pabst Grand Circle Hotel, torn down and replaced by the much-maligned Lollipop Building. Redone in the 2000s, it now houses the Museum of Arts and Design.
I can’t figure out what the billboard on top of the white building says. United States something? Columbus Circle had big, bright billboards and signage for decades.
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November 16, 2012 at 1:33 pm |
United States Lines, perhaps?
November 16, 2012 at 2:37 pm |
The sign says “United States Tires” and the building is the United States Rubber Co. Building.
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November 16, 2012 at 3:09 pm |
“United States Tires” – more here: http://nyneon.blogspot.com/2012/09/on-columbus-circle.html
November 16, 2012 at 3:56 pm |
Ah, thank you! Columbus Circle is dominated by media companies now: Time Warner Center, with the old and new Hearst buildings on 57th Street.