Carrère and Hastings

Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère and Thomas Hastings, was an American architecture firm specializing in Beaux-Arts architecture. Located in New York City, the firm practiced from 1885 until 1929, although Hastings practiced alone after Carrère died in an automobile accident in 1911.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: American architecture firm
  • Also known as: Carrere & Hastings”, “Carrère & Hastings”, “Carrere and Hastings”, “Carrere Memorial”, and “John Merven Carrere Memorial
  • Inscription: “City of New York John Merven Carrere Memorial 1919 Thomas Hastings Designer Restored 2012 Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Scott M. Stringer, Borough President Inez Dickens, Council Member Veronica M. White, Commissioner Parks & Recreation”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. is situated 1¼ miles south of Carrère and Hastings.

Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The station is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of and Broadway on the Upper West Side of , it is served by the 1, 2, and 3 trains at all times. is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Carrère and Hastings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manhattan Valley and Upper West Side.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the northern part of the of in . It is bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.

The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood on the West Side of in . It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west.

Carrère and Hastings

Latitude
40.79791° or 40° 47′ 53″ north
Longitude
-73.97443° or 73° 58′ 28″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Inception
1919
Open location code
87G8Q2XG+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357620584
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q1045365
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Highlights include (Dinosaur Playground) Children’s Play Area and West side highway access.

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