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Viewed from the United Nations. [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_3262 [6/11/2012 11:03:22 AM] Unadorned concrete block facades are stark forms. IAC Building Franklin Trust Company Building Civil War and WW I battles. 2014-06-23 11-15-03-0065.jpg : 5058x3120 px IMG_1063-2 4926x3462 [General Electric Building] K_1639 [9/10/2012 11:58:39 AM] Daily Door: Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse IMG_6366_resize.jpg IMG_0240 5760x3840 Fourth floor balcony. 2014-03-27 10-05-03-0009.jpg : 3629x5022 px IMG_3093_resize.jpg IMG_0648 2760x5102 The glass-and-aluminum east facade. Park East Synagogue The full sweep... [Fifth Avenue Swath] B01_5550 [7/8/2012 2:04:14 PM] IMG_7318_resize.jpg 2014-03-27 10-10-21-0036.jpg : 5655x3770 px IMG_6701-2 3189x3401 IMG_7496_resize.jpg IMG_9057 4330x2497 [Fifth Avenue Swath] I00_3163 [6/11/2012 10:29:24 AM] 2014-02-23 12-07-23-0134.jpg : 5408x2567 px Worth Street (main) entrance. [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_4186 [6/20/2012 10:05:34 AM] 2014-04-25 07-59-01-0143.jpg : 4128x3498 px A second E59th Street entrance. IMG_0041-2_resize.jpg IMG_8629 4979x3384 Panorama4_resize.jpg IMG_0290_resize 2014-02-24 11-34-17-0059.jpg : 3803x3445 px Above the main entrance. _O5A4594.jpg : 3392x4641 px Symetrical setbacks along 58th Street. [General Electric Building] U_1678 [9/10/2012 12:20:19 PM] Daily Door [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5298 [7/7/2012 11:00:14 AM] IMG_9262a_resize.jpg 2014-03-15 11-54-06-0631.jpg : 4848x3682 px 2014-03-27 12-57-15-0349.jpg : 3471x4233 px 2014-05-20 09-33-57-0221.jpg : 5066x2962 px Retail space on the E58th Street side. IMG_3444_resize.jpg Daily Door: Davids Diamond IMG_0423 5629x3273 Millan House 2014-03-09 13-59-58-0458.jpg : 3115x4364 px 2014-07-12 12-51-59-0138.jpg : 5759x2750 px A three-story arcade (patrolled by zealous security!) circles the office tower base. IMG_0656 3366x4931 Distinctive colors, forms and materials in the base. Viewed from northwest. Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_0480 [8/29/2012 8:38:33 PM] 2014-06-23 12-39-20-0585 5286x3594 IMG_8942 3445x4812 2014-07-12 12-43-45-0099.jpg : 4567x3788 px A plaza-level fitness club is part of the condo amenities. IMG_0638 4856x3287 [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_4003 [6/20/2012 8:26:00 AM] Broadway Chambers Building Main entry. The building's entrance was originally on the corner; there were no stores on the ground floor. The one-time headquarters of the Royal Insurance Company. 2014-07-12 13-18-17-0210.jpg : 4996x3752 px IMG_4448vB.jpg IMG_3391_resize.jpg Fashion Center Building Pershing Square Building 2014-02-23 12-47-11-0208.jpg : 2777x944 px NEL Co. - New Era Lofts. [Fifth Avenue Swath] M00_3360 [6/11/2012 11:28:59 AM] 2014-07-12 12-37-14-0071.jpg : 2891x2918 px IMG_4448-2_resize.jpg W 43rd Street facade IMG_8630 3840x5760 [Herald Towers] IMG_6562 1/10/2013 3:47:08 PM 2014-02-23 12-21-30-0164.jpg : 5496x3515 px 2014-03-27 12-37-50-0284.jpg : 3182x5168 px IMG_0143_resize.jpg 2014-07-05 09-41-06-0003.jpg : 3339x4259 px IMG_4575_resize.jpg [Beekman Tower Hotel] G_1443 [9/10/2012 10:27:56 AM] [Central Synagogue] IMG_2993 [10/5/2012 10:03:30 AM] Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse Library Hotel Worth Street (main) entrance. IMG_5883_resize.jpg 2014-07-05 11-25-43-0461.jpg : 4242x3585 px IMG_4570_resize.jpg IMG_3280-2_resize.jpg 2014-07-07 07-42-49-0014 2180x4285 Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue [Bloomberg Tower] IMG_9062 [8/16/2012 2:36:06 PM] Formerly windowless facade glazed over for apartments. 2014-03-09 12-05-03-0208.jpg : 5435x2155 px 2014-03-11 10-10-32-0057.jpg : 3996x3374 px At street level the color scheme has warmed to blue-green puntuated by gray and near-black polished granite. [General Electric Building] B_1953 [9/12/2012 1:17:45 PM] Daily Door GraceBuilding1.jpg : 4941x3675 px Headless grotesque on 13th floor - unlucky for him... Union Square Above the main entrance. 2014-03-09 13-02-06-0268.jpg : 3655x5219 px Angled wings on the cylindrical tower reminds one of a sattelite and its solar panels. IMG_0646 3172x2383 [Central Synagogue] IMG_3381 [6/11/2012 11:38:11 AM] IMG_1774.jpg : 5003x3734 px West End Avenue entry. Stevens Institute IMG_8972 5032x3612 2014-06-23 12-30-46-0539.jpg : 5716x3840 px The planes are so complex, it's difficult to find a true vertical. 329 W 71st Street Restored terra cotta. 2014-06-15 11-27-56-0409 3497x5312 2014-02-24 11-56-09-0101.jpg : 5760x2778 px Pac-Man grafitti challenges a copper lion. Medical Arts Building 2014-04-25 08-18-39-0230.jpg : 3708x4417 px A modest plaza on the East 55th Street side. IMG_2678a_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_4784 [7/3/2012 11:30:50 AM] AmericanRadiator1.jpg : 3438x5255 px Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building 2014-03-27 11-41-05-0178.jpg : 5111x3173 px Union Square 2014-06-15 09-56-50-0025.jpg : 2536x4852 px Plaza Hotel - a W58th Street entrance. [Chrysler Building] IMG_0085 [8/27/2012 10:45:46 AM] Daily Door Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue [Fifth Avenue Swath] T00_3684 [6/15/2012 10:02:42 AM] Bank entrance at New Yorker Hotel St. Anthony Hall - 434 Riverside Drive 2014-04-09 09-10-10-0009.jpg : 2984x4970 px Plaza Hotel - main entrance on Grand Army Plaza. 343, 341 W 71st Street Daily Door: IMG_0293_resize Chelsea Modern Detail, Broadway facade. Detail from entryway arch. 2014-05-20 08-25-08-0034.jpg : 4373x2690 px Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue. IMG_0670 3735x5642 IMG_9059 4111x2278 IMG_8831 3023x4996 IMG_0323 5760x3840 [Fifth Avenue Swath] R10_3636 [6/15/2012 9:44:15 AM] 210 E 68th Street IMG_0786.jpg : 4725x3796 px Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue. IMG_0645 2154x4325 IMG_2205.jpg : 5654x3840 px [90 West Street Building] IMG_3966 10/18/2012 3:16:22 PM Ansonia - SE corner. IMG_0517 3251x3401 Riverside Church F-2014-KG-A8-006.jpg : 4331x3727 px Masonic Hall detail. 329-343 W 71st Street Blue Condominium Puck Building - NE corner. 2014-02-24 12-30-08-0152.jpg : 4523x3033 px IMG_6184_resize.jpg Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building 2014-06-15 10-14-20-0100.jpg : 2608x4752 px Masonic Hall - W24th Street facade. IMG_2741_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_3186 [6/11/2012 10:36:26 AM] Candela apartment buildings IMG_0318 5760x3840 2014-04-06 12-41-42-0148.jpg : 3339x5285 px Geometry 12 2014-06-15 10-31-28-0170.jpg : 5760x3439 px Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street. [Chrysler Building] IMG_09150 [8/26/2012 1:54:42 PM] View from United Nations Plaza. Pershing Square Building IMG_0500_resize.jpg Plaza Hotel 2014-07-11 12-57-44-0084.jpg : 4504x3840 px 2014-06-15 10-47-15-0223.jpg : 2807x4727 px IMG_3265_resize.jpg 331, 329 W 71st Street [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_3581 [6/15/2012 9:08:27 AM] IMG_6206_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] F00_3036 [6/11/2012 9:23:58 AM] IMG_8829 3742x3217 45 Christopher Street HDR 9531x3714 2014-07-07 09-53-25-0434.jpg : 5155x3621 px St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets. [100 United Nations Plaza] IMG_1403 [9/10/2012 10:04:23 AM] Blue Condominium [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4569 [6/23/2012 12:31:10 PM] Main entrance. The landmark Ahrens building is to the left. IMG_6785_resize.jpg The building's base is rusticated (joints emphasized) granite; the brickwork above is patterned to mimic the rustication. 2014-07-07 09-41-29-0389.jpg : 3445x4496 px St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets. IMG_0606 1917x4088 Glass-enclosed entry to the glass-enclosed lobby. IMG_0368.jpg : 5460x3699 px More decoration... IMG_8782 5313x3226 2014-03-09 14-00-23-0460.jpg : 3432x5089 px 2014-07-05 10-44-42-0292.jpg : 2747x4075 px Portal detail. Montauk Club [Morgan Library] IMG_3158 [10/5/2012 12:02:04 PM] 47 Plaza Street West 2014-02-24 12-02-55-0113.jpg : 4706x2874 px Cassa NY's front facade tapers back slightly from W45th Street. [Fifth Avenue Swath] R03_3301 [6/11/2012 11:13:53 AM] 2014-07-07 10-06-06-0473.jpg : 2022x4325 px Portal detail. Braender2_resize.jpg IMG_8160 3470x3717 Geometry 3 Broadway Education Campus 2014-04-06 11-59-15-0056.jpg : 3840x5760 px 2014-02-24 12-47-18-0205.jpg : 2891x2348 px 2014-07-05 10-16-06-0156.jpg : 5655x3788 px St. Bart's stained glass. [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9609 [8/23/2012 10:36:26 AM] Mulberry House [Fifth Avenue Swath] H80_4444 [6/21/2012 9:49:01 AM] [Fifth Avenue Swath] K00_3806 [6/15/2012 10:56:18 AM] Medical Arts Building Keuffel & Esser Co. Building 2014-07-05 10-25-02-0196.jpg : 3537x5365 px St. Bartholomew's Church octagonal dome - erected in 1930. Montauk Club Daily Door: IMG_6475_resize.jpg Note intertwined "S" and "O" of Standard Oil. IMG_6609_resize.jpg IMG_0232 3260x4733 2014-06-15 11-09-36-0296.jpg : 5690x3744 px IMG_4526_resize.jpg 40 University Place a 4173x4618 Inside the General Assembly Building. Schermerhorn Building [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3548 [10/13/2012 2:33:18 PM] Philadelphia Museum of Art IMG_8810 3961x3085 2014-06-15 11-49-55-0499.jpg : 2602x4154 px IMG_2925_resize.jpg IMG_0605 3840x5760 [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_3935 [6/20/2012 7:43:11 AM] 45 E 66th Street _O5A5738.jpg : 3129x5760 px HBO Building A plain modern door replaces the original, and is out of character. 2014-06-15 12-05-18-0584.jpg : 4716x3594 px IMG_2909_resize.jpg Montauk Club Fashion Center Building E 45th Street entry. Chrysler Building IMG_6013_resize.jpg 2014-04-25 07-26-58-0060.jpg : 5760x3840 px 2014-06-20 07-59-57-0035.jpg : 4233x3568 px Church of the Incarnation. IMG_2668_resize.jpg IMG_1323.jpg : 3765x5760 px IMG_0327_resize.jpg Grand Madison Apartments 2014-04-06 11-50-13-0023.jpg : 5760x3515 px Keuffel & Esser Co. Building 2014-04-01 13-34-35-0582.jpg : 4277x3419 px The gilding was added by the hotelier. You can make out "WIT" and "HUMOR" on the scroll. [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9724 [8/23/2012 11:35:52 AM] 2014-06-15 11-41-47-0474 2077x4062 2014-06-15 11-28-19-0411 3800x3956 47 Plaza Street West 2014-03-15 11-54-06-0650.jpg : 5032x3691 px IMG_6069_resize.jpg 2014-04-19 09-17-57-0144.jpg : 5663x3778 px IMG_4850_resize.jpg IMG_1764_resize.jpg IMG_8157 3724x3743 IMG_0349.jpg : 3840x5760 px Brick, red granite and terra cotta make up the facade. Millan House Siegel-Cooper Building - detail. 2014-04-27 10-24-32-0295.jpg : 4242x3770 px IMG_4861_resize.jpg [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1289 [9/9/2012 4:44:40 PM] Daily Door 4545 Center Boulevard 2014-03-06 08-40-00-0062.jpg : 5760x3840 px Union Square Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal NO5A9193.jpg : 3721x5693 px The rear courtyard was added in 1958. IMG_0580 5760x3840 IMG_8977 3419x5510 Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade. IMG_5765.jpg : 3432x5148 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_5433 [7/8/2012 12:46:03 PM] IMG_5762_resize.jpg NO5A9234.jpg : 3405x5667 px IMG_4666_resize.jpg IMG_1747_resize.jpg IMG_7053_resize.jpg The Montague Paramount Building IMG_6015_resize.jpg IMG_5674_resize.jpg NO5A9291.jpg : 5672x3840 px IMG_4665_resize.jpg The Dakota - main entry [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4227 [6/20/2012 10:23:46 AM] IMG_6539_resize.jpg IMG_8938 5488x3752 2014-04-12 11-05-51-0064.jpg : 2549x4141 px 2014-04-19 10-17-40-0330.jpg : 4067x3568 px 2014-04-01 13-04-40-0497.jpg : 5198x3568 px IMG_4648_resize.jpg [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9789 [8/23/2012 12:58:18 PM] Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Schermerhorn Building IMG_0701 4470x3392 Centre Street entrance. 2014-03-09 13-50-46-0419.jpg : 5576x2822 px 2014-05-07 09-36-18-0180.jpg : 5479x3173 px IMG_4646_resize.jpg IMG_3783_resize.jpg Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal PS1 2014-03-09 13-46-08-0410.jpg : 3603x4983 px Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building The Manhasset 2014-05-07 10-03-16-0281.jpg : 5699x3726 px IMG_4874_resize.jpg 40 University Place b 3048x5295 [Morgan Library] IMG_2946 [10/1/2012 2:46:13 PM] [9 W57th Street] IMG_4725 [7/3/2012 10:53:31 AM] Main entry. 2014-07-11 12-57-36-0081.jpg : 5760x3840 px Empire State Building - Fifth Avenue at W34th Street 2014-03-09 11-29-59-0112.jpg : 5628x3173 px IMG_4871_resize.jpg IMG_0575 5760x3840 2014-03-18 12-21-44-0004 5462x3287 IMG_2118.jpg : 5760x3840 px [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5475 [7/8/2012 1:14:50 PM] IMG_1544_resize.jpg 1407 Broadway 2014-05-05 13-30-15-0229.jpg : 4593x3015 px On both sides of The Epic, pseudo oriels have been created. Barbizon Hotel for Women Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4538 [6/23/2012 12:23:50 PM] IMG_8786 3840x5760 IMG_6031_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_4109 [6/20/2012 9:25:14 AM] 2014-05-05 13-51-07-0298.jpg : 2062x4167 px A modest, restrained four-story limestone base. IMG_0075_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] P00_3830 [6/15/2012 11:10:59 AM] IMG_0348.jpg : 3840x5760 px Roosevelt Building detail. 2014-04-12 10-55-04-0026.jpg : 5601x3822 px IMG_5676_resize.jpg 2014-05-05 11-32-56-0040.jpg : 5066x3787 px IMG_3683_resize.jpg The Corinthian condominiums - 330 E38th Street Red House 21 West Street 2014-03-09 13-35-22-0380.jpg : 4171x2918 px [Lever House] IMG_2788 [9/26/2012 8:18:18 PM] 2014-04-27 09-47-03-0073.jpg : 2496x4245 px 2014-04-01 10-46-46-0222.jpg : 3392x5365 px Radio Wave Building - 49 W27th Street near Sixth Avenue. Barbizon1_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4405 [6/21/2012 9:21:51 AM] IMG_3053_resize.jpg View from Sixth Avenue. 2014-06-15 11-38-18-0458 3379x4035 2014-04-19 08-13-50-0016.jpg : 2549x4206 px 2014-04-01 10-52-34-0244.jpg : 3313x5207 px IMG_4952_resize.jpg [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1201 [9/9/2012 3:59:24 PM] Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [Bloomberg Tower] IMG_2812 [9/26/2012 8:44:29 PM] Philadelphia Museum of Art [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_6721_2_3Adjust [2/4/2012 11:49:06 AM] IMG_7334_resize.jpg 2014-03-27 10-26-02-0075.jpg : 3761x5707 px IMG_4951_resize.jpg IMG_0563 5672x3735 IMG_9314a_resize.jpg [Thurgood Marshall Courthouse] IMG_5522 11/20/2012 10:37:45 AM Courant Institute (NYU) 37 Washington Square West IMG_8937-2b_resize.jpg NO5A6727.jpg : 2167x4364 px A closer look at the window details. Aire4_resize.jpg 2014-06-15 11-43-15-0478 2918x4825 IMG_5509_10_11_resize.jpg [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3571 [10/13/2012 3:06:37 PM] IMG_6032_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_5179 [7/7/2012 9:23:13 AM] NO5A6543.jpg : 3418x5693 px North wing: More elaborate terra cotta around windows. IMG_0106_resize.jpg 2014-03-16 10-46-11-0099 4365x3682 Bowling Green Offices 2014-03-09 14-20-30-0515.jpg : 2997x5273 px 2014-04-12 10-46-58-0002.jpg : 5032x3559 px IMG_0130_resize.jpg NO5A6598.jpg : 4567x3524 px IMG_5365_resize.jpg The Corinthian condominiums - 330 E38th Street One Kenmare Square Chrysler Building [Fifth Avenue Swath] G00_4278 [6/21/2012 8:26:01 AM] Divine Lorraine Hotel IMG_5717_resize.jpg NO5A6489.jpg : 5469x3067 px A four-story-high colonnade screens a courtyard along the front (NW) facade. 210E68_2_resize.jpg Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal Medical Arts Building Divine Lorraine Hotel IMG_0422 4854x3117 2014-04-27 09-39-30-0032.jpg : 5005x2980 px NO5A6632.jpg : 5760x3840 px IMG_5339_resize.jpg IMG_8808 3049x4758 Storefront arch. 2014-06-15 11-36-28-0453 3616x5312 [Fifth Avenue Swath] D01_4713 [7/3/2012 10:47:42 AM] IMG_9277a_resize.jpg IMG_6043_resize.jpg 2014-05-07 08-59-47-0109.jpg : 5707x3348 px Looking down Chambers Street, which used to continue through the Municipal Building's arch. IMG_0560 4207x3770 [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4642 [7/3/2012 10:15:13 AM] Siegel-Cooper warehouse/wagonhouse. Floors 4-10 IMG_0519 3840x5760 2014-02-23 11-34-49-0007.jpg : 2760x4496 px 2014-04-09 09-52-41-0120.jpg : 3774x4786 px IMG_5236_resize.jpg IMG_3871_resize.jpg Langham Place Bowling Green Offices 2014-03-09 13-11-38-0317.jpg : 3669x5615 px IMG_6041_resize.jpg 2014-06-23 12-39-54-0587 4856x3840 2014-04-27-10-10-20-0196_resize.jpg Steel trusses span the light courts. IMG_0118_resize.jpg IMG_1369.jpg : 5470x3629 px [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5334 [7/7/2012 11:10:17 AM] Distinctive flare - or "squashed"? 2014-04-19 08-26-02-0061.jpg : 5558x3682 px IMG_7305_resize.jpg 2014-05-07-08-48-22-0071_resize.jpg R. H. Robertson used horizontal bands to try to de-emphasize the building's height. [Fifth Avenue Swath] A00_5234 [7/7/2012 9:47:23 AM] [Morgan Library] IMG_2876 [10/1/2012 2:17:38 PM] [Fifth Avenue Swath] H40_4027 [6/20/2012 8:37:34 AM] [Fifth Avenue Swath] S00_3717 [6/15/2012 10:15:02 AM] [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_2996 [10/5/2012 10:06:03 AM] Colony Club 2014-05-03 09-33-48-0016.jpg : 3142x4891 px IMG_5129_resize.jpg 40 E 62nd Street 2014-03-16 10-45-47-0098 3365x2848 The four-story "NEW YORKER" sign is the building's most prominent feature. Standard Oil Building A slender tower above the terra cotta-edged setbacks. IMG_5719_resize.jpg 2014-05-03 09-55-30-0058.jpg : 4865x3779 px A three-story hipped roof caps the building's tower; it is only visible from a high or distant viewpoint. [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1130 [9/9/2012 2:13:18 PM] Langham Place Step back to appreciate the 9-story entry arch. IMG_1054 2760x5220 Union Square _O5A3589.jpg : 3010x4522 px 2014-04-01 10-36-16-0207.jpg : 4839x3577 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. 45 Christopher Street 9531x3712 [9 W57th Street] IMG_4683 [7/3/2012 10:31:24 AM] Bowling Green Offices 2014-02-24 13-01-44-0226.jpg : 4576x2629 px
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