Reinventing Columbus Circle: The Epic Story of New York's Iconic City Center

About this book

At the southwest corner of Central Park lies one of Manhattan’s most trafficked intersections, and one of its greatest Columbus Circle, the only roundabout in a city of right angles. Since its construction in the 1850’s, the circle has become one of the borough’s most iconic landmarks, immediately recognizable since 1982 by the grand, pillared monument to Christopher Columbus that dominates its center. But just as iconic is the building that mirrors a two-towered amalgam of glass, steel, and concrete, unveiled in 2003 as Time Warner Center.