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Barbizon1_resize.jpg [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9789 [8/23/2012 12:58:18 PM] 21 West Street [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_3015 [6/11/2012 9:16:12 AM] Philadelphia Museum of Art IMG_0517 3251x3401 2014-06-23 11-15-03-0065.jpg : 5058x3120 px IMG_4952_resize.jpg [Morgan Library] IMG_2876 [10/1/2012 2:17:38 PM] Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_0480 [8/29/2012 8:38:33 PM] IMG_7053_resize.jpg Portal detail. IMG_0638 4856x3287 2014-03-27 10-05-03-0009.jpg : 3629x5022 px IMG_4951_resize.jpg IMG_6701-2 3189x3401 The Dakota - main entry IMG_9262a_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4227 [6/20/2012 10:23:46 AM] IMG_8157 3724x3743 IMG_0290_resize 2014-03-27 10-10-21-0036.jpg : 5655x3770 px A closer look at the window details. Aire4_resize.jpg IMG_4291_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] K00_3806 [6/15/2012 10:56:18 AM] 2014-03-09 13-35-22-0380.jpg : 4171x2918 px 2014-04-06 11-50-13-0023.jpg : 5760x3515 px IMG_2909_resize.jpg 2014-04-25 07-59-01-0143.jpg : 4128x3498 px North wing: More elaborate terra cotta around windows. Barbizon Hotel for Women IMG_8782 5313x3226 Bowling Green Offices IMG_4448-2_resize.jpg Blue Condominium Chrysler Building _O5A4594.jpg : 3392x4641 px IMG_5365_resize.jpg [Morgan Library] IMG_2946 [10/1/2012 2:46:13 PM] One Kenmare Square IMG_0580 5760x3840 Daily Door Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue. 2014-03-09 14-00-23-0460.jpg : 3432x5089 px 2014-05-20 09-33-57-0221.jpg : 5066x2962 px A four-story-high colonnade screens a courtyard along the front (NW) facade. 210E68_2_resize.jpg Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fashion Center Building Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue IMG_2205.jpg : 5654x3840 px 2014-07-12 12-51-59-0138.jpg : 5759x2750 px IMG_5339_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_6996 [7/12/2012 10:33:44 PM] IMG_0075_resize.jpg At street level the color scheme has warmed to blue-green puntuated by gray and near-black polished granite. Masonic Hall - W24th Street facade. [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1289 [9/9/2012 4:44:40 PM] Portal detail. 2014-07-12 12-43-45-0099.jpg : 4567x3788 px Looking down Chambers Street, which used to continue through the Municipal Building's arch. IMG_1063-2 4926x3462 The Corinthian condominiums - 330 E38th Street IMG_0575 5760x3840 IMG_0422 4854x3117 IMG_0500_resize.jpg Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue. 2014-07-12 13-18-17-0210.jpg : 4996x3752 px IMG_5236_resize.jpg IMG_3871_resize.jpg Langham Place Bowling Green Offices 2014-03-09 14-20-30-0515.jpg : 2997x5273 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] T00_3684 [6/15/2012 10:02:42 AM] A three-story arcade (patrolled by zealous security!) circles the office tower base. 2014-07-12 12-37-14-0071.jpg : 2891x2918 px Steel trusses span the light courts. IMG_3783_resize.jpg IMG_8786 3840x5760 IMG_4570_resize.jpg 2014-03-09 13-46-08-0410.jpg : 3603x4983 px 2014-04-12 11-05-51-0064.jpg : 2549x4141 px [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4540 [6/23/2012 12:24:12 PM] 2014-07-05 09-41-06-0003.jpg : 3339x4259 px R. H. Robertson used horizontal bands to try to de-emphasize the building's height. [Morgan Library] IMG_3158 [10/5/2012 12:02:04 PM] Civil War and WW I battles. [Beekman Tower Hotel] G_1443 [9/10/2012 10:27:56 AM] Candela apartment buildings IMG_8942 3445x4812 [90 West Street Building] IMG_3966 10/18/2012 3:16:22 PM 2014-07-05 11-25-43-0461.jpg : 4242x3585 px IMG_5129_resize.jpg 40 E 62nd Street IMG_8810 3961x3085 IMG_9277a_resize.jpg [General Electric Building] B_1953 [9/12/2012 1:17:45 PM] Viewed from the United Nations. Puck Building - NE corner. 2014-03-11 10-10-32-0057.jpg : 3996x3374 px A three-story hipped roof caps the building's tower; it is only visible from a high or distant viewpoint. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_6721_2_3Adjust [2/4/2012 11:49:06 AM] Langham Place [Fifth Avenue Swath] M00_3360 [6/11/2012 11:28:59 AM] Red House IMG_0646 3172x2383 2014-04-25 07-26-58-0060.jpg : 5760x3840 px 2014-03-09 13-02-06-0268.jpg : 3655x5219 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. IMG_1054 2760x5220 [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3571 [10/13/2012 3:06:37 PM] Bowling Green Offices [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4405 [6/21/2012 9:21:51 AM] IMG_3391_resize.jpg 210 E 68th Street 2014-06-23 12-30-46-0539.jpg : 5716x3840 px IMG_5719_resize.jpg Colony Club IMG_0106_resize.jpg IMG_8977 3419x5510 2014-03-09 13-11-38-0317.jpg : 3669x5615 px St. Bart's stained glass. IMG_0232 3260x4733 2014-04-25 08-18-39-0230.jpg : 3708x4417 px IMG_5717_resize.jpg IMG_1747_resize.jpg The Corinthian condominiums - 330 E38th Street W 43rd Street facade IMG_8938 5488x3752 2014-03-18 12-21-44-0004 5462x3287 Daily Door: 2014-06-15 09-56-50-0025.jpg : 2536x4852 px IMG_5676_resize.jpg [Central Synagogue] IMG_2993 [10/5/2012 10:03:30 AM] 1407 Broadway Angled wings on the cylindrical tower reminds one of a sattelite and its solar panels. [Fifth Avenue Swath] H40_4027 [6/20/2012 8:37:34 AM] 2014-04-12 10-55-04-0026.jpg : 5601x3822 px Blue Condominium 2014-04-09 09-10-10-0009.jpg : 2984x4970 px IMG_5674_resize.jpg IMG_5762_resize.jpg Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts IMG_0563 5672x3735 IMG_7496_resize.jpg 2014-04-06 11-59-15-0056.jpg : 3840x5760 px IMG_6206_resize.jpg 2014-05-20 08-25-08-0034.jpg : 4373x2690 px A plain modern door replaces the original, and is out of character. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5528 [7/8/2012 1:48:47 PM] IMG_3095_resize.jpg Keuffel & Esser Co. Building Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street. [Chrysler Building] IMG_0085 [8/27/2012 10:45:46 AM] Church of the Incarnation. IMG_0786.jpg : 4725x3796 px The building's base is rusticated (joints emphasized) granite; the brickwork above is patterned to mimic the rustication. IMG_0701 4470x3392 IMG_8808 3049x4758 PS1 IMG_1774.jpg : 5003x3734 px A plaza-level fitness club is part of the condo amenities. Davids Diamond F-2014-KG-A8-006.jpg : 4331x3727 px Detail from entryway arch. St. Anthony Hall - 434 Riverside Drive Union Square Daily Door 2014-02-24 13-01-44-0226.jpg : 4576x2629 px Franklin Trust Company Building 2014-04-19 10-17-40-0330.jpg : 4067x3568 px 2014-06-15 10-14-20-0100.jpg : 2608x4752 px IMG_5883_resize.jpg IMG_1764_resize.jpg [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9724 [8/23/2012 11:35:52 AM] IMG_9314a_resize.jpg Masonic Hall detail. IMG_6609_resize.jpg Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse 2014-06-15 10-31-28-0170.jpg : 5760x3439 px Above the main entrance. [Central Synagogue] IMG_3381 [6/11/2012 11:38:11 AM] IMG_0118_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] P00_3830 [6/15/2012 11:10:59 AM] IMG_8937-2b_resize.jpg A slender tower above the terra cotta-edged setbacks. [Fifth Avenue Swath] G00_4278 [6/21/2012 8:26:01 AM] 2014-06-15 10-47-15-0223.jpg : 2807x4727 px Above the main entrance. Riverside Church [Fifth Avenue Swath] A00_5234 [7/7/2012 9:47:23 AM] Keuffel & Esser Co. Building Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal 2014-04-12 10-46-58-0002.jpg : 5032x3559 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] H80_4444 [6/21/2012 9:49:01 AM] 2014-07-07 09-53-25-0434.jpg : 5155x3621 px IMG_6043_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5475 [7/8/2012 1:14:50 PM] Union Square [Fifth Avenue Swath] I00_3163 [6/11/2012 10:29:24 AM] Storefront arch. [Fifth Avenue Swath] S00_3717 [6/15/2012 10:15:02 AM] Geometry 3 2014-07-07 09-41-29-0389.jpg : 3445x4496 px IMG_6041_resize.jpg IMG_0323 5760x3840 IMG_2668_resize.jpg IMG_9057 4330x2497 [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4642 [7/3/2012 10:15:13 AM] 2014-02-24 12-02-55-0113.jpg : 4706x2874 px [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1130 [9/9/2012 2:13:18 PM] 2014-07-05 10-44-42-0292.jpg : 2747x4075 px IMG_6032_resize.jpg 37 Washington Square West IMG_3093_resize.jpg The planes are so complex, it's difficult to find a true vertical. 2014-02-24 12-47-18-0205.jpg : 2891x2348 px IMG_2741_resize.jpg IMG_6475_resize.jpg 2014-07-07 10-06-06-0473.jpg : 2022x4325 px IMG_6031_resize.jpg Montauk Club 40 University Place b 3048x5295 IMG_0560 4207x3770 2014-06-15 11-41-47-0474 2077x4062 IMG_0240 5760x3840 Schermerhorn Building 2014-07-05 10-16-06-0156.jpg : 5655x3788 px IMG_6015_resize.jpg [9 W57th Street] IMG_4683 [7/3/2012 10:31:24 AM] Union Square Millan House [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3579 [10/15/2012 8:50:44 AM] St. Bartholomew's Church octagonal dome - erected in 1930. 2014-04-27 09-47-03-0073.jpg : 2496x4245 px 2014-07-05 10-25-02-0196.jpg : 3537x5365 px IMG_6013_resize.jpg HBO Building Daily Door Panorama4_resize.jpg 2014-06-15 11-43-15-0478 2918x4825 2014-03-16 10-45-47-0098 3365x2848 [Herald Towers] IMG_6562 1/10/2013 3:47:08 PM 2014-06-15 11-09-36-0296.jpg : 5690x3744 px Cassa NY's front facade tapers back slightly from W45th Street. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5337 [7/7/2012 11:10:27 AM] IMG_0130_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_0505 [8/29/2012 9:06:25 PM] IMG_3265_resize.jpg 2014-04-19 08-26-02-0061.jpg : 5558x3682 px 47 Plaza Street West 2014-06-15 11-49-55-0499.jpg : 2602x4154 px IMG_6184_resize.jpg IMG_0318 5760x3840 [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_4109 [6/20/2012 9:25:14 AM] Glass-enclosed entry to the glass-enclosed lobby. 2014-06-23 12-39-20-0585 5286x3594 IMG_7334_resize.jpg 2014-02-24 11-56-09-0101.jpg : 5760x2778 px 2014-06-15 12-05-18-0584.jpg : 4716x3594 px Pac-Man grafitti challenges a copper lion. Stevens Institute Union Square [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_3186 [6/11/2012 10:36:26 AM] 2014-03-09 13-50-46-0419.jpg : 5576x2822 px [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_3581 [6/15/2012 9:08:27 AM] [Fifth Avenue Swath] D01_4713 [7/3/2012 10:47:42 AM] 2014-06-20 07-59-57-0035.jpg : 4233x3568 px NEL Co. - New Era Lofts. Montauk Club IMG_8829 3742x3217 Millan House IMG_0606 1917x4088 Park East Synagogue 329 W 71st Street 2014-04-01 13-34-35-0582.jpg : 4277x3419 px Worth Street (main) entrance. [9 W57th Street] IMG_4725 [7/3/2012 10:53:31 AM] On the corner: an iPod Nano-sized clock hugs the wall. Daily Door Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4538 [6/23/2012 12:23:50 PM] The gilding was added by the hotelier. You can make out "WIT" and "HUMOR" on the scroll. 2014-04-19 09-17-57-0144.jpg : 5663x3778 px Worth Street (main) entrance. Bank entrance at New Yorker Hotel 40 University Place a 4173x4618 Daily Door: Empire State Building - Fifth Avenue at W34th Street Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade. IMG_0368.jpg : 5460x3699 px 2014-04-27 10-24-32-0295.jpg : 4242x3770 px Centre Street entrance. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5334 [7/7/2012 11:10:17 AM] Divine Lorraine Hotel A modest plaza on the East 55th Street side. IMG_7305_resize.jpg E 45th Street entry. 2014-04-27 09-39-30-0032.jpg : 5005x2980 px NO5A9193.jpg : 3721x5693 px Radio Wave Building - 49 W27th Street near Sixth Avenue. 2014-06-15 11-38-18-0458 3379x4035 [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3559 [10/13/2012 2:57:13 PM] 45 Christopher Street 9531x3712 [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_5179 [7/7/2012 9:23:13 AM] 2014-04-19 08-13-50-0016.jpg : 2549x4206 px Pershing Square Building NO5A9234.jpg : 3405x5667 px IMG_6069_resize.jpg The Manhasset IMG_0143_resize.jpg 2014-02-23 11-34-49-0007.jpg : 2760x4496 px 2014-03-15 11-54-06-0650.jpg : 5032x3691 px [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_3816 [6/15/2012 11:01:08 AM] 2014-03-27 11-41-05-0178.jpg : 5111x3173 px NO5A9291.jpg : 5672x3840 px IMG_3683_resize.jpg Montauk Club [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_4186 [6/20/2012 10:05:34 AM] 4545 Center Boulevard 2014-03-06 08-40-00-0062.jpg : 5760x3840 px View from United Nations Plaza. [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_4784 [7/3/2012 11:30:50 AM] 2014-04-01 13-04-40-0497.jpg : 5198x3568 px Floors 4-10 [Bloomberg Tower] IMG_2812 [9/26/2012 8:44:29 PM] Divine Lorraine Hotel [General Electric Building] U_1678 [9/10/2012 12:20:19 PM] IMG_0645 2154x4325 [Fifth Avenue Swath] F00_3036 [6/11/2012 9:23:58 AM] Standard Oil Building 2014-05-07 09-36-18-0180.jpg : 5479x3173 px A modest, restrained four-story limestone base. Courant Institute (NYU) Fashion Center Building The glass-and-aluminum east facade. Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal Pershing Square Building The Montague 2014-05-07 10-03-16-0281.jpg : 5699x3726 px Roosevelt Building detail. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5300 [7/7/2012 11:01:56 AM] A second E59th Street entrance. [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_3262 [6/11/2012 11:03:22 AM] St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets. IMG_4526_resize.jpg IMG_6539_resize.jpg 2014-03-09 11-29-59-0112.jpg : 5628x3173 px On both sides of The Epic, pseudo oriels have been created. 2014-06-15 11-36-28-0453 3616x5312 IMG_0670 3735x5642 IMG_5765.jpg : 3432x5148 px IMG_1323.jpg : 3765x5760 px 2014-07-11 12-57-36-0081.jpg : 5760x3840 px Schermerhorn Building 2014-05-05 13-30-15-0229.jpg : 4593x3015 px Brick, red granite and terra cotta make up the facade. 47 Plaza Street West Grand Madison Apartments IMG_0605 3840x5760 2014-03-15 11-54-06-0631.jpg : 4848x3682 px 2014-03-09 13-59-58-0458.jpg : 3115x4364 px _O5A3589.jpg : 3010x4522 px 2014-05-05 13-51-07-0298.jpg : 2062x4167 px IMG_4871_resize.jpg 331, 329 W 71st Street [Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9609 [8/23/2012 10:36:26 AM] IMG_0041-2_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_3935 [6/20/2012 7:43:11 AM] Broadway Education Campus Broadway Chambers Building 2014-05-05 11-32-56-0040.jpg : 5066x3787 px More decoration... Main entrance. The landmark Ahrens building is to the left. [Bloomberg Tower] IMG_9062 [8/16/2012 2:36:06 PM] IMG_1544_resize.jpg Plaza Hotel - a W58th Street entrance. IMG_4448vB.jpg [General Electric Building] K_1639 [9/10/2012 11:58:39 AM] 2014-04-01 10-46-46-0222.jpg : 3392x5365 px Ansonia - SE corner. IMG_4874_resize.jpg Chelsea Modern [Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_5433 [7/8/2012 12:46:03 PM] 45 Christopher Street HDR 9531x3714 [100 United Nations Plaza] IMG_1403 [9/10/2012 10:04:23 AM] Note intertwined "S" and "O" of Standard Oil. 2014-04-01 10-52-34-0244.jpg : 3313x5207 px West End Avenue entry. Headless grotesque on 13th floor - unlucky for him... [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5298 [7/7/2012 11:00:14 AM] Library Hotel 2014-02-23 12-21-30-0164.jpg : 5496x3515 px IMG_7318_resize.jpg [Flushing Highlights] IMG_1201 [9/9/2012 3:59:24 PM] 2014-03-27 10-26-02-0075.jpg : 3761x5707 px Main entry. IMG_4646_resize.jpg 2014-06-15 11-28-19-0411 3800x3956 Braender2_resize.jpg IMG_4575_resize.jpg [Fifth Avenue Swath] R03_3301 [6/11/2012 11:13:53 AM] Unadorned concrete block facades are stark forms. NO5A6727.jpg : 2167x4364 px The full sweep... IMG_6366_resize.jpg IAC Building Symetrical setbacks along 58th Street. Daily Door: 2014-02-24 11-34-17-0059.jpg : 3803x3445 px Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse NO5A6543.jpg : 3418x5693 px Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building IMG_4648_resize.jpg 329-343 W 71st Street IMG_0656 3366x4931 Distinctive colors, forms and materials in the base. Viewed from northwest. Inside the General Assembly Building. 2014-03-27 12-57-15-0349.jpg : 3471x4233 px NO5A6598.jpg : 4567x3524 px Main entry. View from Sixth Avenue. [Lever House] IMG_2788 [9/26/2012 8:18:18 PM] Distinctive flare - or "squashed"? [Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_4003 [6/20/2012 8:26:00 AM] IMG_8972 5032x3612 _O5A5738.jpg : 3129x5760 px NO5A6489.jpg : 5469x3067 px Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building IMG_4665_resize.jpg Medical Arts Building Mulberry House 2014-02-23 12-07-23-0134.jpg : 5408x2567 px IMG_3444_resize.jpg IMG_0327_resize.jpg NO5A6632.jpg : 5760x3840 px Formerly windowless facade glazed over for apartments. Detail, Broadway facade. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4582a [6/23/2012 12:33:56 PM] The building's entrance was originally on the corner; there were no stores on the ground floor. IMG_2678a_resize.jpg St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets. [Chrysler Building] IMG_09150 [8/26/2012 1:54:42 PM] 2014-05-07 08-59-47-0109.jpg : 5707x3348 px Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building IMG_4666_resize.jpg 2014-06-15 11-27-56-0409 3497x5312 [Fifth Avenue Swath] B01_5550 [7/8/2012 2:04:14 PM] IMG_9059 4111x2278 IMG_8629 4979x3384 IMG_3280-2_resize.jpg 2014-04-09 09-52-41-0120.jpg : 3774x4786 px Fourth floor balcony. The one-time headquarters of the Royal Insurance Company. Medical Arts Building Geometry 12 Plaza Hotel - main entrance on Grand Army Plaza. 2014-03-27 12-37-50-0284.jpg : 3182x5168 px IMG_2925_resize.jpg 2014-04-27-10-10-20-0196_resize.jpg Siegel-Cooper Building - detail. The rear courtyard was added in 1958. 343, 341 W 71st Street IMG_8831 3023x4996 IMG_0519 3840x5760 Daily Door: Paramount Building 2014-05-07-08-48-22-0071_resize.jpg Step back to appreciate the 9-story entry arch. The four-story "NEW YORKER" sign is the building's most prominent feature. [Lever House] IMG_2778 [9/26/2012 8:09:10 PM] Retail space on the E58th Street side. 2014-02-23 12-47-11-0208.jpg : 2777x944 px Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue 2014-03-09 12-05-03-0208.jpg : 5435x2155 px 2014-05-03 09-33-48-0016.jpg : 3142x4891 px Siegel-Cooper warehouse/wagonhouse. IMG_4861_resize.jpg Medical Arts Building IMG_0648 2760x5102 45 E 66th Street Philadelphia Museum of Art 2014-04-06 12-41-42-0148.jpg : 3339x5285 px 2014-05-03 09-55-30-0058.jpg : 4865x3779 px IMG_5509_10_11_resize.jpg [Thurgood Marshall Courthouse] IMG_5522 11/20/2012 10:37:45 AM [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4569 [6/23/2012 12:31:10 PM] IMG_3053_resize.jpg [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_2996 [10/5/2012 10:06:03 AM] IMG_6785_resize.jpg 2014-02-24 12-30-08-0152.jpg : 4523x3033 px 2014-04-01 10-36-16-0207.jpg : 4839x3577 px IMG_0348.jpg : 3840x5760 px IMG_4850_resize.jpg IMG_0293_resize [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3548 [10/13/2012 2:33:18 PM] Restored terra cotta.
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