Jacob Javits Convention Center
11th Avenue @ 34th Street
Architect: I.M. Pei and Partners
Date Constructed: 1986
16,100 panes of tinted glass and a twenty–two acre site combine to make this one of the world’s largest glass–walled buildings. Like the original Crystal Palace of the 19th Century, it is home to expositions, trade shows, and other agglomerations of commerce for those who revel in it.