Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 83. Chapters: Art Deco buildings in New York City, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, American Stock Exchange, Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, Congregation Beth Elohim, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Buffalo Central Terminal, GE Building, The Century, Brooklyn Public Library, Verizon Building, 40 Wall Street, Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, 834 Fifth Avenue, Miss Albany Diner, American International Building, James T. Foley United States Courthouse, Schenectady Armory, Buffalo City Hall, New Yorker Hotel, 55 Central Park West, Tarrytown Music Hall, Carlyle Hotel, 1501 Broadway, 930 Fifth Avenue, Jumeirah Essex House, United States Post Office, 15 Central Park West, 32 Avenue of the Americas, Alfred E. Smith Building, Chanin Building, Niagara Mohawk Building, St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Daily News Building, Metropolitan Life North Building, DuMont Building, General Electric Building, 20 Exchange Place, Little Theatre, 1 Wall Street, Home Savings Bank Building, Oyster Bay High School, Rockland County Courthouse and Dutch Gardens, Electric Tower, Jacob Riis Park, The Majestic, Paramount Theatre, 330 West 42nd Street, United Office Building, Hotel Lafayette, American Radiator Building, Jerome Park Reservoir, Americas Tower, State Tower Building, 60 Hudson Street, 880 Fifth Avenue, 369th Regiment Armory, 10 East 40th Street, Church Building, Westchester County Center, Jamestown, Rundel Memorial Library, 500 Fifth Avenue, Rochester Fire Department Headquarters and Shops, Vestal Central School, New York Central Railroad Passenger and Freight Station, Concourse Yard Entry Buildings, Master Apartments, United States Post Office-Canal Street Station, Buildings at 104-116 West Water St., New Family Theater, Substation 219, Park Plaza Apartments, Rainey Memorial Gates, Oswego Theater, Concourse Yard Substation, J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building, Smith's Opera House, Reynolds Arcade, La Casina, Fred F. French Building, Center Theatre, New York Women's House of Detention, The Normandy, 21 West Street, Film Center Building, Southwood Two-Teacher School, Fuller Building, 19 Rector Street, New York Evening Post Building, Lefcourt Colonial Building. Excerpt: Congregation Beth Elohim (Hebrew: ), also known as the Garfield Temple and the Eighth Avenue Temple, is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 as a more liberal breakaway from Congregation Baith Israel, for the first 65 years it attempted four mergers with other congregations, including three with Baith Israel, all of which failed. The congregation completed its current Classical Revival synagogue building in 1910 and its "Jewish Deco" (Romanesque Revival and Art Deco) Temple House in 1929. These two buildings were contributing properties to the Park Slope historic district, listed as a New York City Landmark district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The congregation went through difficult times during the Great Depression, and the bank almost foreclosed on its buildings in 1946. Membership dropped significantly in the 1930s because of the Depression, grew after World War II, and dropped again in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of demographic shifts. Programs for young children helped draw Jewish families back into the neighborhood and revitalize the membership. By 2006, Beth Elohim had over 1,000 members, and, as of.