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[Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4405 [6/21/2012 9:21:51 AM]
Distinctive colors, forms and materials in the base. Viewed from northwest.
Bank entrance at New Yorker Hotel
Schermerhorn Building
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Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal
[Morgan Library] IMG_2946 [10/1/2012 2:46:13 PM]
Worth Street (main) entrance.
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[Morgan Library] IMG_3158 [10/5/2012 12:02:04 PM]
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[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4569 [6/23/2012 12:31:10 PM]
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Red House
Siegel-Cooper Building - detail.
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Unadorned concrete block facades are stark forms.
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[Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9724 [8/23/2012 11:35:52 AM]
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A plain modern door replaces the original, and is out of character.
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[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_4538 [6/23/2012 12:23:50 PM]
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Geometry 12
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[Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9609 [8/23/2012 10:36:26 AM]
Daily Door:
Medical Arts Building
[Fifth Avenue Swath] M00_3360 [6/11/2012 11:28:59 AM]
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Empire State Building - Fifth Avenue at W34th Street
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Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal
The one-time headquarters of the Royal Insurance Company.
Worth Street (main) entrance.
Keuffel & Esser Co. Building
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[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_3015 [6/11/2012 9:16:12 AM]
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Storefront arch.
Fourth floor balcony.
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[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_2996 [10/5/2012 10:06:03 AM]
The Dakota - main entry
[Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4642 [7/3/2012 10:15:13 AM]
Geometry 3
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Bowling Green Offices
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[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_0505 [8/29/2012 9:06:25 PM]
[Kingsbridge Armory] IMG_9789 [8/23/2012 12:58:18 PM]
Daily Door:
Step back to appreciate the 9-story entry arch.
Restored terra cotta.
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_3581 [6/15/2012 9:08:27 AM]
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[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_0480 [8/29/2012 8:38:33 PM]
W 43rd Street facade
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[Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3579 [10/15/2012 8:50:44 AM]
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[Bloomberg Tower] IMG_9062 [8/16/2012 2:36:06 PM]
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NEL Co. - New Era Lofts.
The building's base is rusticated (joints emphasized) granite; the brickwork above is patterned to mimic the rustication.
A four-story-high colonnade screens a courtyard along the front (NW) facade.
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[Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3548 [10/13/2012 2:33:18 PM]
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Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building
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Floors 4-10
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[Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3559 [10/13/2012 2:57:13 PM]
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Daily Door:
Broadway Chambers Building
Centre Street entrance.
1407 Broadway
Looking down Chambers Street, which used to continue through the Municipal Building's arch.
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[Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3571 [10/13/2012 3:06:37 PM]
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[Lever House] IMG_2788 [9/26/2012 8:18:18 PM]
The four-story "NEW YORKER" sign is the building's most prominent feature.
Union Square
[Fifth Avenue Swath] H80_4444 [6/21/2012 9:49:01 AM]
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The Corinthian condominiums - 330 E38th Street
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Stevens Institute
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Civil War and WW I battles.
Viewed from the United Nations.
[Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_5179 [7/7/2012 9:23:13 AM]
Detail, Broadway facade.
Pac-Man grafitti challenges a copper lion.
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One Kenmare Square
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[Chrysler Building] IMG_09150 [8/26/2012 1:54:42 PM]
Daily Door:
Formerly windowless facade glazed over for apartments.
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] G00_4278 [6/21/2012 8:26:01 AM]
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Port of New York Authority Grain Terminal
Park East Synagogue
[Flushing Highlights] IMG_1289 [9/9/2012 4:44:40 PM]
[Fifth Avenue Swath] P00_3830 [6/15/2012 11:10:59 AM]
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On the corner: an iPod Nano-sized clock hugs the wall.
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_4003 [6/20/2012 8:26:00 AM]
Schermerhorn Building
Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse
210 E 68th Street
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A second E59th Street entrance.
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Medical Arts Building
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Symetrical setbacks along 58th Street.
The Corinthian condominiums - 330 E38th Street
Daily Door
[Morgan Library] IMG_2876 [10/1/2012 2:17:38 PM]
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Millan House
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Retail space on the E58th Street side.
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4227 [6/20/2012 10:23:46 AM]
Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building
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A three-story arcade (patrolled by zealous security!) circles the office tower base.
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Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue
Divine Lorraine Hotel
Chrysler Building
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A plaza-level fitness club is part of the condo amenities.
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] R03_3301 [6/11/2012 11:13:53 AM]
Distinctive flare - or "squashed"?
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Divine Lorraine Hotel
Broadway Education Campus
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Fashion Center Building
[Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_3262 [6/11/2012 11:03:22 AM]
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[Herald Towers] IMG_6562 1/10/2013 3:47:08 PM
North wing: More elaborate terra cotta around windows.
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View from Sixth Avenue.
Cassa NY's front facade tapers back slightly from W45th Street.
Colony Club
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] A00_5234 [7/7/2012 9:47:23 AM]
[Bloomberg Tower] IMG_2812 [9/26/2012 8:44:29 PM]
Main entry.
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Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse
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Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue
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At street level the color scheme has warmed to blue-green puntuated by gray and near-black polished granite.
[Chrysler Building] IMG_0085 [8/27/2012 10:45:46 AM]
Daily Door
Siegel-Cooper warehouse/wagonhouse.
[Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_4784 [7/3/2012 11:30:50 AM]
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Angled wings on the cylindrical tower reminds one of a sattelite and its solar panels.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
The glass-and-aluminum east facade.
HBO Building
Keuffel & Esser Co. Building
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The planes are so complex, it's difficult to find a true vertical.
329 W 71st Street
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Pershing Square Building
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A modest plaza on the East 55th Street side.
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] R10_3636 [6/15/2012 9:44:15 AM]
Bryant Park Hotel / American Radiator Building
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A closer look at the window details.
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Plaza Hotel - a W58th Street entrance.
[Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_4109 [6/20/2012 9:25:14 AM]
Daily Door
Citigroup Center aka 601 Lexington Avenue
[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5298 [7/7/2012 11:00:14 AM]
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.
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Plaza Hotel - main entrance on Grand Army Plaza.
343, 341 W 71st Street
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Union Square
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Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue.
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IAC Building
[Fifth Avenue Swath] K00_3806 [6/15/2012 10:56:18 AM]
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Above the main entrance.
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Masonic Building - W23rd Street at Sixth Avenue.
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[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5334 [7/7/2012 11:10:17 AM]
Bowling Green Offices
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Masonic Hall detail.
329-343 W 71st Street
Blue Condominium
The full sweep...
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Langham Place
Pershing Square Building
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Masonic Hall - W24th Street facade.
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Candela apartment buildings
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[General Electric Building] B_1953 [9/12/2012 1:17:45 PM]
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Hotel Wolcott - 4 W31st Street.
[Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_4186 [6/20/2012 10:05:34 AM]
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Medical Arts Building
Davids Diamond
A three-story hipped roof caps the building's tower; it is only visible from a high or distant viewpoint.
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331, 329 W 71st Street
[Fifth Avenue Swath] S00_3717 [6/15/2012 10:15:02 AM]
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St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets.
[Beekman Tower Hotel] G_1443 [9/10/2012 10:27:56 AM]
Blue Condominium
[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_6721_2_3Adjust [2/4/2012 11:49:06 AM]
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Detail from entryway arch.
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St. Bartholomew's Church - Park Avenue between E50th and E51st Streets.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Main entry.
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Courant Institute (NYU)
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Portal detail.
Montauk Club
[9 W57th Street] IMG_4725 [7/3/2012 10:53:31 AM]
47 Plaza Street West
The Montague
Paramount Building
Brick, red granite and terra cotta make up the facade.
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Portal detail.
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Library Hotel
[Central Synagogue] IMG_2993 [10/5/2012 10:03:30 AM]
40 E 62nd Street
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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St. Bart's stained glass.
[Fifth Avenue Swath] AC00_5433 [7/8/2012 12:46:03 PM]
Mulberry House
[Flushing Highlights] IMG_1201 [9/9/2012 3:59:24 PM]
37 Washington Square West
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[General Electric Building] K_1639 [9/10/2012 11:58:39 AM]
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St. Bartholomew's Church octagonal dome - erected in 1930.
Montauk Club
[Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_3935 [6/20/2012 7:43:11 AM]
Headless grotesque on 13th floor - unlucky for him...
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West End Avenue entry.
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St. Anthony Hall - 434 Riverside Drive
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] T00_3684 [6/15/2012 10:02:42 AM]
45 E 66th Street
Millan House
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Montauk Club
Fashion Center Building
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[Central Synagogue] IMG_3381 [6/11/2012 11:38:11 AM]
[90 West Street Building] IMG_3966 10/18/2012 3:16:22 PM
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Church of the Incarnation.
The building's entrance was originally on the corner; there were no stores on the ground floor.
Inside the General Assembly Building.
Chelsea Modern
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] H40_4027 [6/20/2012 8:37:34 AM]
47 Plaza Street West
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The gilding was added by the hotelier. You can make out "WIT" and "HUMOR" on the scroll.
[Fifth Avenue Swath] B01_5550 [7/8/2012 2:04:14 PM]
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R. H. Robertson used horizontal bands to try to de-emphasize the building's height.
E 45th Street entry.
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Ansonia - SE corner.
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[General Electric Building] U_1678 [9/10/2012 12:20:19 PM]
Daily Door
4545 Center Boulevard
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Union Square
Radio Wave Building - 49 W27th Street near Sixth Avenue.
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The rear courtyard was added in 1958.
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Franklin Trust Company Building
[Thurgood Marshall Courthouse] IMG_5522 11/20/2012 10:37:45 AM
Union Square
Bowling Green Offices
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] Q00_3186 [6/11/2012 10:36:26 AM]
[100 United Nations Plaza] IMG_1403 [9/10/2012 10:04:23 AM]
View from United Nations Plaza.
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Standard Oil Building
A slender tower above the terra cotta-edged setbacks.
Main entrance. The landmark Ahrens building is to the left.
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] D01_4713 [7/3/2012 10:47:42 AM]
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
More decoration...
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Steel trusses span the light courts.
Grand Madison Apartments
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The Manhasset
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Interesting play of clouds and sky against the mirror facade.
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[9 W57th Street] IMG_4683 [7/3/2012 10:31:24 AM]
[Flushing Highlights] IMG_1130 [9/9/2012 2:13:18 PM]
Puck Building - NE corner.
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[Fifth Avenue Swath] F00_3036 [6/11/2012 9:23:58 AM]
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Glass-enclosed entry to the glass-enclosed lobby.
Riverside Church
Roosevelt Building detail.
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On both sides of The Epic, pseudo oriels have been created.
Barbizon Hotel for Women
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
[Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_5475 [7/8/2012 1:14:50 PM]
Above the main entrance.
Langham Place
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A modest, restrained four-story limestone base.
Note intertwined "S" and "O" of Standard Oil.
[Lever House] IMG_2778 [9/26/2012 8:09:10 PM]
21 West Street
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