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The first hint of something special can be seen down Nassau Street a quarter of a mile away....

[Bloomberg Tower] IMG_9030 [8/16/2012 2:18:37 PM]

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The 50-story Solow Building has commanding (and expensive) views of Central Park.

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The clock is a NYC Landmark - the building isn't.

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[Morgan Library] IMG_3173 [10/5/2012 12:10:21 PM]

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[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_9118 [8/16/2012 3:08:59 PM]

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Empire State Building - Fifth Avenue at W34th Street

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Designed in Beaux Arts style instead of mimicking a fortress.

Civil War and WW I battles.

Civil War and WW I battles.

69th Regiment Armory - Lexington Avenue between East 25th and East 26th Streets.

69th Regiment Armory - Lexington Avenue between East 25th and East 26th Streets.

Brick sculpture detail.

Notice how well 560 Lexington Avenue blends in with neighbors General Electric Building (to right) and St. Barts church (behind, on E50th Street).

Within the arcade, an entry to the subway and a diminutive branch of the New York Public Library.

The two-story arcade entry is dominated by "brick sculpture" by Alexsandra Kasuba.

One of the E59th Street entries - and garage.

On the corner: an iPod Nano-sized clock hugs the wall.

A second E59th Street entrance.

Along E59th Street - the foot of the "L."

Making the most of a relatively low-ceilinged lobby.

Third Avenue entry.

E58th Street.

Symetrical setbacks along 58th Street.

Retail space on the E58th Street side.

Note ribbon windows wrapping around corners.

View from E58th Street/Third Avenue.

Decoration and Design Building is an L-shaped structure with facades on Third Avenue, E58th and E59th Streets. (view from E59th Street)

One Worldwide Plaza's Eighth Avenue facade.

A three-story arcade (patrolled by zealous security!) circles the office tower base.

A plaza-level fitness club is part of the condo amenities.

The condominium tower.

Rear (plaza) entry to One Worldwide Plaza. A driveway from W49th to W50th Street cuts through the plaza.

Plaza between the office and condominium towers. The fountain sculpture is "Four Seasons" by Sidney Simon.

Plaza between the office and condominium towers. The fountain sculpture is "Four Seasons" by Sidney Simon.

The six-screen movie theater was converted to "New World Stages" - an off-Broadway venue.

Entrance to the seven-story courtyard residential building.

Three copper crowns mark Worldwide Plaza's principal structures, which occupy the entire block from Eighth to Ninth Avenue, between W49th and W50th Streets.

Two Worldwide Plaza is the complex's 38-story mid-block residential tower.

One Worldwide Plaza is the 50-story office tower on Eighth Avenue between W49th and W50th Streets - the signature crown can only be seen from afar.

A puzzling projection - Greek elements tacked on to a postmodern building. Can't figure out why.

Bowed double-height storefronts face Lexington Avenue.

Small, as plazas go, but still the most generous pedestrian space in the vicinity.

At street level the color scheme has warmed to blue-green puntuated by gray and near-black polished granite.

Angled wings on the cylindrical tower reminds one of a sattelite and its solar panels.

The bright cobalt conical crown commands attention from blocks away, but can't be seen from across the street.

The East 56th Street side has no plaza.

The planes are so complex, it's difficult to find a true vertical.

A modest plaza on the East 55th Street side.

View looking up the E55th Street facade.

As you approach Park Avenue Tower (which isn't actually on Park Avenue) the crown disappears but the building's complex tapering planes are more evident.

Park Avenue Tower's pyramid crown is only visible from a distance.

Plaza Hotel

Plaza Hotel - 768 Fifth Avenue between W58th Street and Central Park South

Plaza Hotel - shops on W58th Street.

Plaza Hotel - a W58th Street entrance.

Plaza Hotel - main entrance on Grand Army Plaza.

Plaza Hotel detail

Plaza Hotel - along Central Park South.

The Plaza Hotel - Central Park South at Grand Army Plaza

The Plaza Hotel

The Plaza Hotel. Epic.

A fantastic mansard roof crowns Plaza Hotel, underscored by tiers of balustrades and terra cotta.

Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue.

Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue.

Masonic Hall - W24th Street facade.

Masonic Hall W24th Street facade.

Masonic Hall detail.

Masonic Hall detail.

Masonic Hall detail.

Masonic Hall detail.

Masonic Hall - W24th Street facade.

Masonic Hall entrance on W24th Street.

Masonic Hall, viewed from Sixth Avenue.

Masonic Building, viewed from the north along Sixth Avenue.

Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street.

Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street.

Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street.

Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street.

Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street.

Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street.

Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street.

St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets. Community House is the building at right.

St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets. Restaurant "Inside Park" is on the Community House terrace.

St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets.

St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets.

St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets.

Stained glass.

Cornerstone.

Portal detail.

Portal detail.

Portal detail.

Portal detail.

Portal detail.

The Romanesque porch originated with the earlier St. Barts on Madison Avenue (see text).

St. Bart's Community House; church rose window at left.

St. Bartholomew's Church - detail.

St. Bartholomew's Church - detail.

St. Bart's stained glass.

St. Bartholomew's Church octagonal dome - erected in 1930.

The Romanesque porch originated with the earlier St. Barts on Madison Avenue (see text).

St. Bartholomew's Church - octagonal dome.

St. Bartholomew's Church - detail.

St. Bartholomew's Church - detail.

St. Bartholomew's Church - detail.

St. Bartholomew's Church - detail.

H. Percy Silver Parish House - Renaissance Revival.

The spire was added in 1896, designed by Heins & LaFarge.

Church of the Incarnation.

Church of the Incarnation with H. Percy Silver Parish House.

H. Percy Silver Parish House - Renaissance Revival.

Herald Square Hotel - 19 W31st Street.

One-time headquarters of the original Life Magazine - before it was taken over by Henry Luce.

The original grand windows replaced.

Welcome... don't mind the photographer....

The gilding was added by the hotelier. You can make out "WIT" and "HUMOR" on the scroll.

Battlements mean business!

The landmark site is now used by the NYPD Traffic Control Division. The arched central entry leads to an interior courtyard.

Pseudo towers and crenellations - a style usually reserved for armories.

23rd "Tenderloin" Precinct Station House - 134 W30th Street.

The rear courtyard was added in 1958.

Church of St. Francis of Assisi, 135 W31st Street.

Church of St. Francis of Assisi, 135 W31st Street.

On W32nd Street, the American Cancer Society has its own entrance for Hope Lodge. Retail and garage space are also in the building's base.

The Epic has commanding views of midtown Manhattan.

The Friary is in brick, to blend in with the church buildings; the landscaped terrace above the recessed apartment-house lobby is used by the friars.

A three-story lobby for the apartments on the W31st Street side.

On both sides of The Epic, pseudo oriels have been created.

A modest, restrained four-story limestone base.

Each setback has a slightly corbeled cornice trimmed in limestone.

The Greeley Square Building stands one block south of Greeley Square.

The upper floors are referred to as "tower floors" in building plans.

The entrance is on W31st Street.

Radio Wave Building - 49 W27th Street near Sixth Avenue.

Nikola Tesla's bust, erected in front of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral Church of St. Sava on W27th Street.

The East 39th Street facade.

Viewed from the New York Public Library.

For many years, the elaborate ceiling was covered by a drop-ceiling. The 15-foot ceilings were restored in 2002.

Peeking into the garden courtyard.

A one-story brick wall hides a garden courtyard.

A closer look at the window details.

North wing: More elaborate terra cotta around windows.

South wing: Notice window detailing.

South wing.

Looking south along South Street/FDR Drive.

Gouveneur Hospital front (Water Street) facade.

Viewed from the southeast (corner of Gold and Frankfort Streets).

A four-story-high colonnade screens a courtyard along the front (NW) facade.

A four-story-high colonnade screens a courtyard along the front (NW) facade.

Under the south wing, a vaulted arcade shelters an entrance to the subway.

Under the south wing, a vaulted arcade shelters an entrance to the subway.

The "Civic Fame" statue is gilded copper sheets over an iron frame - like the Statue of Liberty, minus the gilding.

Looking down Chambers Street, which used to continue through the Municipal Building's arch.

The tower is 15 stories high.

Viewed from City Hall Park, to the southwest. The copper pyramid at left is the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse.

The Park Row Construction Company bought the adjoining lots to ensure that no tall buildings would block the Park Row Building's windows.

Steel trusses span the light courts.

The narrow Ann Street facade includes a freight entrance.

The balconies are strictly decorative.

The towers were once used as observatories - now they are designated triplex apartments.

R. H. Robertson used horizontal bands to try to de-emphasize the building's height.

Views from the south and east show the Park Row Building's highly irregular shape - and a lack of decoration.

The four monumental statues are by J. Massey Rhind and represent four aspects of commerce, according to the NYC Landmarks Presrvation Commission.

The bronze storefronts are a 1929 revision.

Lobby.

Lobby.

A three-story hipped roof caps the building's tower; it is only visible from a high or distant viewpoint.

A three-story hipped roof caps the building's tower; it is only visible from a high or distant viewpoint.

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.

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.

Two terra cotta angels support the cornice on the Nassau Street facade - helped by lots of iron straps.

The building was owned for a while by Pace University. It is now residential, except for ground floor retail space.

The original entryway was inscribed "The American Tract Society Building" and flanked by sculptures of angels.

The view from Broadway at Liberty Street.

The northeast facade is the only side not clad in terra cotta.

Viewed from northwest.

Viewed from southwest.

Side entrance (E 43rd Street).

The 1904 hotel went condo, but is again a hotel.

Amazing columns flank the entrance.

Distinctive for its color as well as its style.

Restored terra cotta.

Brick, brownstone and terra cotta.

View from Roosevelt Island.

Dag Hammarskjold Library.

View from United Nations Plaza.

View from United Nations Plaza.

View from First Avenue/ E41st Street.

Inside the General Assembly Building.

The Security Council.

Inside the General Assembly Building.

The General Assembly.

General Assembly dais.

Inside the General Assembly Building.

Inside the General Assembly Building.

"The Knotted Gun"

In the afternoon sun.

View from Tudor City Place.

The distinctive concave face towers over the intersection of E 57th Street and Lexington Avenue.

Circular "temple" dominates the corner plaza.

Viewed from the back (north).

Red House

The crowned salamander is the official symbol of Francois I.

French Renaissance detailing.

Red House

Center bays.

The Wilbraham

The Wilbraham - corner detail.

The Wilbraham - corner detail.

The Wilbraham - cast iron detail.

The Wilbraham - pillar detail.

The Wilbraham - pillar detail.

Storefront arch.

The stone says "Wilbraham" - canopy says "Wilbrahan"

Spandrals (decorative panels between windows) are all different.

Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade.

Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade.

Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade.

Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade.

Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade.

The tower reflects and contasts with surrounding masonry structures.

Trump SoHo fills the western end of the block between Spring and Dominick Streets at Varick Street.

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