United Nations Plaza, New York City

[ca. 1930–1945]

The General Assembly building occupies the most prominent part of the U.N. site area. Its low, sweeping lines stand in sharp contrast to the 39-story Secretariat building to which it is connected by the Conference are. The concave side walls of the building are faced with English limestone, with panels and trimming in marble matching the narrow ends of the Secretariat building. The south end of the Assembly building, facing a garden and the ornamental fountain on the Secretariat plaza, is in effect a huge recessed window set in a simple marble frame.