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Colony Club [General Electric Building] U_1678 [9/10/2012 12:20:19 PM] IMG_0240 5760x3840 2014-03-09 13-11-38-0317.jpg : 3669x5615 px IMG_8938 5488x3752 IMG_9262a_resize.jpg 2014-06-23 11-15-03-0065.jpg : 5058x3120 px IMG_5676_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4569 [6/23/2012 12:31:10 PM] 1407 Broadway Masonic Hall - W24th Street facade. [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_4186 [6/20/2012 10:05:34 AM] 2014-04-12 10-55-04-0026.jpg : 5601x3822 px Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2014-03-27 10-05-03-0009.jpg : 3629x5022 px IMG_5674_resize.jpg IMG_5762_resize.jpg IMG_0041-2_resize.jpg IMG_0648 2760x5102 2014-06-15 11-27-56-0409 3497x5312 IMG_4861_resize.jpg Montauk Club 2014-03-27 10-10-21-0036.jpg : 5655x3770 px A plain modern door replaces the original, and is out of character. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4540 [6/23/2012 12:24:12 PM] IMG_4448vB.jpg Keuffel & Esser Co. Building IMG_4526_resize.jpg [Lever House] IMG_2778 [9/26/2012 8:09:10 PM] IMG_4646_resize.jpg 2014-04-25 07-59-01-0143.jpg : 4128x3498 px The building's base is rusticated (joints emphasized) granite; the brickwork above is patterned to mimic the rustication. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4582a [6/23/2012 12:33:56 PM] IMG_9057 4330x2497 Bowling Green Offices IMG_0560 4207x3770 Plaza Hotel - main entrance on Grand Army Plaza. IMG_8629 4979x3384 _O5A4594.jpg : 3392x4641 px Detail from entryway arch. St. Anthony Hall - 434 Riverside Drive Union Square A second E59th Street entrance. 2014-02-24 13-01-44-0226.jpg : 4576x2629 px IMG_4291_resize.jpg 2014-04-19 10-17-40-0330.jpg : 4067x3568 px 2014-05-20 09-33-57-0221.jpg : 5066x2962 px IMG_5883_resize.jpg 40 E 62nd Street Langham Place Standard Oil Building [Fifth Avenue Swath] P00_3830 [6/15/2012 11:10:59 AM] IMG_7053_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] M00_3360 [6/11/2012 11:28:59 AM] 2014-07-12 12-51-59-0138.jpg : 5759x2750 px Above the main entrance. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5298 [7/7/2012 11:00:14 AM] W 43rd Street facade [Fifth Avenue Swath] D01_4713 [7/3/2012 10:47:42 AM] IMG_0143_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4227 [6/20/2012 10:23:46 AM] 2014-04-06 11-50-13-0023.jpg : 5760x3515 px 2014-07-12 12-43-45-0099.jpg : 4567x3788 px Above the main entrance. Riverside Church [Beekman Tower Hotel] G_1443 [9/10/2012 10:27:56 AM] Keuffel & Esser Co. Building IMG_3095_resize.jpg 2014-04-12 10-46-58-0002.jpg : 5032x3559 px IMG_3093_resize.jpg 2014-07-12 13-18-17-0210.jpg : 4996x3752 px IMG_6043_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4538 [6/23/2012 12:23:50 PM] Union Square [Fifth Avenue Swath] B01_5550 [7/8/2012 2:04:14 PM] Glass-enclosed entry to the glass-enclosed lobby. 2014-06-15 11-36-28-0453 3616x5312 Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue 2014-07-12 12-37-14-0071.jpg : 2891x2918 px IMG_6041_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5300 [7/7/2012 11:01:56 AM] IMG_9059 4111x2278 Blue Condominium [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_3186 [6/11/2012 10:36:26 AM] Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue. Philadelphia Museum of Art 2014-07-05 09-41-06-0003.jpg : 3339x4259 px IMG_6032_resize.jpg 37 Washington Square West IMG_4448-2_resize.jpg Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street. 2014-02-24 12-47-18-0205.jpg : 2891x2348 px IMG_3444_resize.jpg IMG_6785_resize.jpg 2014-07-05 11-25-43-0461.jpg : 4242x3585 px IMG_6031_resize.jpg IMG_3871_resize.jpg IMG_8977 3419x5510 IMG_0638 4856x3287 IMG_9314a_resize.jpg Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal [Fifth Avenue Swath] R10_3636 [6/15/2012 9:44:15 AM] 2014-03-11 10-10-32-0057.jpg : 3996x3374 px IMG_6015_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5334 [7/7/2012 11:10:17 AM] Union Square Millan House Symetrical setbacks along 58th Street. The rear courtyard was added in 1958. 2014-04-27 09-47-03-0073.jpg : 2496x4245 px 2014-03-09 13-02-06-0268.jpg : 3655x5219 px IMG_6013_resize.jpg HBO Building A plaza-level fitness club is part of the condo amenities. The building's entrance was originally on the corner; there were no stores on the ground floor. Daily Door: IMG_0422 4854x3117 2014-04-25 07-26-58-0060.jpg : 5760x3840 px 2014-06-23 12-30-46-0539.jpg : 5716x3840 px Cassa NY's front facade tapers back slightly from W45th Street. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_3816 [6/15/2012 11:01:08 AM] IMG_2678a_resize.jpg [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1201 [9/9/2012 3:59:24 PM] IMG_2925_resize.jpg 2014-04-19 08-26-02-0061.jpg : 5558x3682 px IMG_8942 3445x4812 2014-04-25 08-18-39-0230.jpg : 3708x4417 px IMG_6184_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5337 [7/7/2012 11:10:27 AM] [Chrysler Building] IMG_0085 [8/27/2012 10:45:46 AM] Note intertwined "S" and "O" of Standard Oil. 45 Christopher Street 9531x3712 40 University Place b 3048x5295 21 West Street 2014-06-15 09-56-50-0025.jpg : 2536x4852 px Pac-Man grafitti challenges a copper lion. Stevens Institute Union Square [Fifth Avenue Swath] F00_3036 [6/11/2012 9:23:58 AM] 2014-03-09 13-50-46-0419.jpg : 5576x2822 px 2014-03-09 13-46-08-0410.jpg : 3603x4983 px The Corinthian condominiums - 330 E38th Street 2014-04-09 09-10-10-0009.jpg : 2984x4970 px NEL Co. - New Era Lofts. 210E68_2_resize.jpg Langham Place Millan House Daily Door Candela apartment buildings IMG_0318 5760x3840 2014-05-20 08-25-08-0034.jpg : 4373x2690 px Worth Street (main) entrance. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5475 [7/8/2012 1:14:50 PM] IMG_4575_resize.jpg Mulberry House 4545 Center Boulevard [Bloomberg Tower] IMG_2812 [9/26/2012 8:44:29 PM] IMG_4874_resize.jpg IMG_0786.jpg : 4725x3796 px Worth Street (main) entrance. Bank entrance at New Yorker Hotel IMG_8972 5032x3612 IMG_3280-2_resize.jpg [Lever House] IMG_2788 [9/26/2012 8:18:18 PM] Red House IMG_2205.jpg : 5654x3840 px F-2014-KG-A8-006.jpg : 4331x3727 px Centre Street entrance. Empire State Building - Fifth Avenue at W34th Street Divine Lorraine Hotel IMG_3265_resize.jpg The glass-and-aluminum east facade. [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4405 [6/21/2012 9:21:51 AM] 2014-04-27 09-39-30-0032.jpg : 5005x2980 px 2014-06-15 10-14-20-0100.jpg : 2608x4752 px IMG_5717_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5528 [7/8/2012 1:48:47 PM] [General Electric Building] K_1639 [9/10/2012 11:58:39 AM] IMG_0646 3172x2383 [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_3262 [6/11/2012 11:03:22 AM] 2014-04-19 08-13-50-0016.jpg : 2549x4206 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] R03_3301 [6/11/2012 11:13:53 AM] 2014-06-15 10-31-28-0170.jpg : 5760x3439 px IMG_6069_resize.jpg The Manhasset IMG_2741_resize.jpg 2014-02-23 11-34-49-0007.jpg : 2760x4496 px 2014-03-15 11-54-06-0650.jpg : 5032x3691 px IMG_9277a_resize.jpg IMG_4850_resize.jpg 2014-06-15 10-47-15-0223.jpg : 2807x4727 px IMG_5719_resize.jpg Aire4_resize.jpg [Chrysler Building] IMG_09150 [8/26/2012 1:54:42 PM] Bowling Green Offices PS1 IMG_0575 5760x3840 _O5A5738.jpg : 3129x5760 px 2014-07-07 09-53-25-0434.jpg : 5155x3621 px Floors 4-10 [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_6721_2_3Adjust [2/4/2012 11:49:06 AM] Divine Lorraine Hotel Blue Condominium 40 University Place a 4173x4618 [Fifth Avenue Swath] A00_5234 [7/7/2012 9:47:23 AM] IMG_0106_resize.jpg 2014-07-07 09-41-29-0389.jpg : 3445x4496 px View down Spruce Street. New York by Gehry towers behind, the former New York Times Building stands in front of the American Tract Society Building. Courant Institute (NYU) Viewed from the United Nations. Broadway Education Campus 329-343 W 71st Street Montauk Club [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3559 [10/13/2012 2:57:13 PM] 2014-07-05 10-44-42-0292.jpg : 2747x4075 px Roosevelt Building detail. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_3015 [6/11/2012 9:16:12 AM] IMG_4570_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] G00_4278 [6/21/2012 8:26:01 AM] IMG_2909_resize.jpg IMG_4666_resize.jpg IMG_7334_resize.jpg 2014-07-07 10-06-06-0473.jpg : 2022x4325 px A three-story hipped roof caps the building's tower; it is only visible from a high or distant viewpoint. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_6996 [7/12/2012 10:33:44 PM] IMG_8831 3023x4996 IMG_5765.jpg : 3432x5148 px 45 Christopher Street HDR 9531x3714 IMG_1774.jpg : 5003x3734 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] S00_3717 [6/15/2012 10:15:02 AM] 2014-07-05 10-16-06-0156.jpg : 5655x3788 px Brick, red granite and terra cotta make up the facade. 47 Plaza Street West Grand Madison Apartments IMG_0656 3366x4931 2014-03-15 11-54-06-0631.jpg : 4848x3682 px 2014-03-09 13-59-58-0458.jpg : 3115x4364 px _O5A3589.jpg : 3010x4522 px 2014-07-05 10-25-02-0196.jpg : 3537x5365 px IMG_5129_resize.jpg Barbizon1_resize.jpg One Kenmare Square IMG_0290_resize 2014-03-09 14-20-30-0515.jpg : 2997x5273 px 2014-04-12 11-05-51-0064.jpg : 2549x4141 px IMG_7318_resize.jpg 2014-06-15 11-09-36-0296.jpg : 5690x3744 px More decoration... Main entrance. The landmark Ahrens building is to the left. [Morgan Library] IMG_2876 [10/1/2012 2:17:38 PM] Braender2_resize.jpg St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets. Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue. St. Bart's stained glass. 2014-06-15 11-49-55-0499.jpg : 2602x4154 px Ansonia - SE corner. R. H. Robertson used horizontal bands to try to de-emphasize the building's height. Chelsea Modern [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9609 [8/23/2012 10:36:26 AM] IMG_0645 2154x4325 Daily Door: IMG_0118_resize.jpg 2014-06-15 12-05-18-0584.jpg : 4716x3594 px West End Avenue entry. Headless grotesque on 13th floor - unlucky for him... [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_2996 [10/5/2012 10:06:03 AM] Library Hotel 2014-02-23 12-21-30-0164.jpg : 5496x3515 px Distinctive colors, forms and materials in the base. Viewed from northwest. Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal 2014-06-20 07-59-57-0035.jpg : 4233x3568 px Main entry. Steel trusses span the light courts. IMG_6701-2 3189x3401 2014-06-15 11-41-47-0474 2077x4062 Masonic Hall detail. [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_4003 [6/20/2012 8:26:00 AM] Storefront arch. 2014-04-01 13-34-35-0582.jpg : 4277x3419 px The full sweep... IMG_6366_resize.jpg IAC Building At street level the color scheme has warmed to blue-green puntuated by gray and near-black polished granite. On the corner: an iPod Nano-sized clock hugs the wall. 2014-02-24 11-34-17-0059.jpg : 3803x3445 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4642 [7/3/2012 10:15:13 AM] 2014-04-19 09-17-57-0144.jpg : 5663x3778 px Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building IMG_5236_resize.jpg Barbizon Hotel for Women IMG_8829 3742x3217 IMG_8937-2b_resize.jpg IMG_0563 5672x3735 2014-03-27 12-57-15-0349.jpg : 3471x4233 px 2014-04-27 10-24-32-0295.jpg : 4242x3770 px Main entry. View from Sixth Avenue. [Morgan Library] IMG_2946 [10/1/2012 2:46:13 PM] Distinctive flare - or "squashed"? [Fifth Avenue Swath] H40_4027 [6/20/2012 8:37:34 AM] IMG_0232 3260x4733 [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_3935 [6/20/2012 7:43:11 AM] NO5A9193.jpg : 3721x5693 px Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building Looking down Chambers Street, which used to continue through the Municipal Building's arch. Medical Arts Building A three-story arcade (patrolled by zealous security!) circles the office tower base. 2014-02-23 12-07-23-0134.jpg : 5408x2567 px 2014-06-15 11-28-19-0411 3800x3956 Fashion Center Building NO5A9234.jpg : 3405x5667 px Formerly windowless facade glazed over for apartments. Detail, Broadway facade. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_0505 [8/29/2012 9:06:25 PM] IMG_2668_resize.jpg IMG_3391_resize.jpg Church of the Incarnation. [100 United Nations Plaza] IMG_1403 [9/10/2012 10:04:23 AM] NO5A9291.jpg : 5672x3840 px Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building IMG_5339_resize.jpg IMG_1063-2 4926x3462 [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9724 [8/23/2012 11:35:52 AM] Daily Door IMG_0519 3840x5760 2014-06-15 11-38-18-0458 3379x4035 2014-04-01 13-04-40-0497.jpg : 5198x3568 px Fourth floor balcony. The one-time headquarters of the Royal Insurance Company. Medical Arts Building Geometry 12 St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets. 2014-03-27 12-37-50-0284.jpg : 3182x5168 px IMG_4665_resize.jpg 2014-05-07 09-36-18-0180.jpg : 5479x3173 px Siegel-Cooper Building - detail. A four-story-high colonnade screens a courtyard along the front (NW) facade. IMG_3783_resize.jpg Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts IMG_0606 1917x4088 St. Bartholomew's Church octagonal dome - erected in 1930. 2014-06-23 12-39-20-0585 5286x3594 2014-05-07 10-03-16-0281.jpg : 5699x3726 px Step back to appreciate the 9-story entry arch. The four-story "NEW YORKER" sign is the building's most prominent feature. [Morgan Library] IMG_3158 [10/5/2012 12:02:04 PM] Angled wings on the cylindrical tower reminds one of a sattelite and its solar panels. 2014-02-23 12-47-11-0208.jpg : 2777x944 px 45 E 66th Street 2014-03-09 12-05-03-0208.jpg : 5435x2155 px 2014-03-09 11-29-59-0112.jpg : 5628x3173 px Siegel-Cooper warehouse/wagonhouse. IMG_5365_resize.jpg Medical Arts Building IMG_8786 3840x5760 Bowling Green Offices Civil War and WW I battles. Inside the General Assembly Building. 2014-05-05 13-30-15-0229.jpg : 4593x3015 px IMG_5509_10_11_resize.jpg [Thurgood Marshall Courthouse] IMG_5522 11/20/2012 10:37:45 AM [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_0480 [8/29/2012 8:38:33 PM] IMG_3053_resize.jpg [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1130 [9/9/2012 2:13:18 PM] Restored terra cotta. IMG_0670 3735x5642 2014-05-05 13-51-07-0298.jpg : 2062x4167 px IMG_0348.jpg : 3840x5760 px North wing: More elaborate terra cotta  around windows. IMG_1054 2760x5220 [General Electric Building] B_1953 [9/12/2012 1:17:45 PM] IMG_0327_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_4784 [7/3/2012 11:30:50 AM] Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue 2014-05-05 11-32-56-0040.jpg : 5066x3787 px Schermerhorn Building IMG_6539_resize.jpg The Montague The Dakota - main entry [Fifth Avenue Swath] H80_4444 [6/21/2012 9:49:01 AM] 2014-03-27 11-41-05-0178.jpg : 5111x3173 px [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3571 [10/13/2012 3:06:37 PM] 2014-04-01 10-46-46-0222.jpg : 3392x5365 px IMG_0368.jpg : 5460x3699 px A closer look at the window details. IMG_1747_resize.jpg [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9789 [8/23/2012 12:58:18 PM] 2014-02-24 11-56-09-0101.jpg : 5760x2778 px 343, 341 W 71st Street IMG_7305_resize.jpg 2014-04-01 10-52-34-0244.jpg : 3313x5207 px Schermerhorn Building IMG_6475_resize.jpg [Central Synagogue] IMG_2993 [10/5/2012 10:03:30 AM] Geometry 3 [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_5433 [7/8/2012 12:46:03 PM] [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_4109 [6/20/2012 9:25:14 AM] [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_5179 [7/7/2012 9:23:13 AM] 2014-03-27 10-26-02-0075.jpg : 3761x5707 px Davids Diamond IMG_4951_resize.jpg IMG_6206_resize.jpg IMG_7496_resize.jpg 329 W 71st Street Daily Door: 210 E 68th Street NO5A6727.jpg : 2167x4364 px Puck Building - NE corner. [90 West Street Building] IMG_3966 10/18/2012 3:16:22 PM [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3579 [10/15/2012 8:50:44 AM] The planes are so complex, it's difficult to find a true vertical. Portal detail. The gilding was added by the hotelier.  You can make out "WIT" and "HUMOR" on the scroll. Daily Door: NO5A6543.jpg : 3418x5693 px Chrysler Building IMG_4952_resize.jpg IMG_0701 4470x3392 IMG_8782 5313x3226 IMG_0605 3840x5760 IMG_0517 3251x3401 2014-03-06 08-40-00-0062.jpg : 5760x3840 px NO5A6598.jpg : 4567x3524 px Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse [Herald Towers] IMG_6562 1/10/2013 3:47:08 PM Pershing Square Building Broadway Chambers Building 2014-02-24 12-30-08-0152.jpg : 4523x3033 px 2014-04-06 12-41-42-0148.jpg : 3339x5285 px IMG_8808 3049x4758 NO5A6489.jpg : 5469x3067 px Paramount Building Radio Wave Building - 49 W27th Street near Sixth Avenue. IMG_1764_resize.jpg Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts IMG_1544_resize.jpg Fashion Center Building Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal NO5A6632.jpg : 5760x3840 px Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse Unadorned concrete block facades are stark forms. [Central Synagogue] IMG_3381 [6/11/2012 11:38:11 AM] IMG_0075_resize.jpg Daily Door IMG_0130_resize.jpg IMG_4648_resize.jpg 2014-05-07 08-59-47-0109.jpg : 5707x3348 px 2014-07-11 12-57-36-0081.jpg : 5760x3840 px IMG_3683_resize.jpg Pershing Square Building The Corinthian condominiums - 330 E38th Street Panorama4_resize.jpg [Bloomberg Tower] IMG_9062 [8/16/2012 2:36:06 PM] IMG_1323.jpg : 3765x5760 px 2014-04-09 09-52-41-0120.jpg : 3774x4786 px E 45th Street entry. Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade. [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3548 [10/13/2012 2:33:18 PM] Park East Synagogue [Fifth Avenue Swath] I00_3163 [6/11/2012 10:29:24 AM] View from United Nations Plaza. 2014-03-09 14-00-23-0460.jpg : 3432x5089 px 2014-04-27-10-10-20-0196_resize.jpg 2014-03-16 10-45-47-0098 3365x2848 A modest, restrained four-story limestone base. IMG_0323 5760x3840 2014-06-15 11-43-15-0478 2918x4825 2014-02-24 12-02-55-0113.jpg : 4706x2874 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_3581 [6/15/2012 9:08:27 AM] 47 Plaza Street West 2014-05-07-08-48-22-0071_resize.jpg A slender tower above the terra cotta-edged setbacks. IMG_6609_resize.jpg Franklin Trust Company Building A modest plaza on the East 55th Street side. [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1289 [9/9/2012 4:44:40 PM] 2014-04-06 11-59-15-0056.jpg : 3840x5760 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] K00_3806 [6/15/2012 10:56:18 AM] 2014-05-03 09-33-48-0016.jpg : 3142x4891 px 2014-03-18 12-21-44-0004 5462x3287 On both sides of The Epic, pseudo oriels have been created. Montauk Club IMG_8810 3961x3085 IMG_0293_resize 2014-03-09 13-35-22-0380.jpg : 4171x2918 px Plaza Hotel - a W58th Street entrance. 2014-05-03 09-55-30-0058.jpg : 4865x3779 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] T00_3684 [6/15/2012 10:02:42 AM] IMG_0500_resize.jpg [9 W57th Street] IMG_4683 [7/3/2012 10:31:24 AM] Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue Portal detail. Daily Door [9 W57th Street] IMG_4725 [7/3/2012 10:53:31 AM] 2014-04-01 10-36-16-0207.jpg : 4839x3577 px IMG_8157 3724x3743 IMG_4871_resize.jpg Philadelphia Museum of Art Retail space on the E58th Street side. IMG_0580 5760x3840
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