Manhattan · NYC landmark
Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory
68 Lexington Avenue · Manhattan, New York City
A military headquarters also holds a place in the history of modern art in America.
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NYFE Summary
The regiment was formed by Irish New Yorkers and became known as the Fighting Sixty-Ninth. Its headquarters combined administrative rooms with a large covered drill floor. In 1913, that space hosted the Armory Show of modern European and American art.
The architects chose a symmetrical front and a monumental entrance arch instead of the medieval towers used on many earlier armories. A large drill shed rises behind the lower Lexington Avenue building.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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