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 The Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building, located at First Avenue and East 45th Street in [[Turtle Bay, Manhattan]], was dedicated on March 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 30, 2011 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/129000211/newsday-obama-in-the-apple/ |title=Obama in the Apple |work=Newsday |agency=Associated Press |access-date=July 27, 2023 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nguyen |first=J.T. |date=March 30, 2011 |title=Obama inaugurates new US mission building to the United Nations |work=The News Tribune |location=Tacoma, Washington |id={{ProQuest|859020900}}}}</ref> The lead architect was [[Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects]]' [[Charles Gwathmey]], who died in 2009, approximately two years before the structure was completed. Former U.S. Permanent Representative [[Susan Rice]] thanked Gwathmey in her remarks at the dedication ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 29, 2011 |url=http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/159336.htm |title=Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at the Dedication of the Ronald H. Brown U.S. Mission to the United Nations Building |website=U.S. Mission to the United Nations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706010342/http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/159336.htm |archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> Gwathmey's firm said that they wanted to design "an iconic tower that would transcend strict programmatic and technical constraints, and become a compelling and representative landmark for architecture and democracy".<ref name="Fox News">{{Cite news |last=Wachtel |first=Jonathan |date=March 29, 2011 |title=State-of-the-Art Details Unveiled at New U.S. Mission to United Nations in New York City |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/state-of-the-art-details-unveiled-at-new-u-s-mission-to-united-nations-in-new-york-city |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref>
-Although the mission's building was designed before the [[September 11 attacks]], security concerns were prioritized in the building's design due to the earlier [[1998 United States embassy bombings]] and [[USS Cole bombing|USS ''Cole'' bombing]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Muschamp |first=Herbert |title=The Bruisers Play Defense, The Seducers Trap the Eye |date=2002-02-03 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/arts/art-architecture-the-bruisers-play-defense-the-seducers-trap-the-eye.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |language=en-US}}</ref> The United States [[Post-9/11|post-9/11 era]] only amplified those concerns.<ref name="Fox News"/> For example, the building was built with {{convert|30|in|adj=on}} thick walls and was intended to be able to withstand an explosion from a car bomb. In that scenario, the windowless bottom six floors would help prevent injury from flying glass shards.<ref name="WaPo"/>
+Although the mission's building was designed before the September 11 attacks, security concerns were prioritized in the building's design due to the earlier [[1998 United States embassy bombings]] and [[USS Cole bombing|USS ''Cole'' bombing]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Muschamp |first=Herbert |title=The Bruisers Play Defense, The Seducers Trap the Eye |date=2002-02-03 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/arts/art-architecture-the-bruisers-play-defense-the-seducers-trap-the-eye.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |language=en-US}}</ref> The United States [[Post-9/11|post-9/11 era]] only amplified those concerns.<ref name="Fox News"/> For example, the building was built with {{convert|30|in|adj=on}} thick walls and was intended to be able to withstand an explosion from a car bomb. In that scenario, the windowless bottom six floors would help prevent injury from flying glass shards.<ref name="WaPo"/>
 ''The New York Times''{{'}} architecture critic [[Herbert Muschamp]] positively reviewed the building, which he called "essentially a high-rise bomb shelter":