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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_3095_resize.jpg [General Electric Building] K_1639 [9/10/2012 11:58:39 AM] Daily Door: Window detail - Jefferson Market Courthouse IMG_6366_resize.jpg IMG_0318 5760x3840 Fourth floor balcony. 2014-03-27 10-05-03-0009.jpg : 3629x5022 px IMG_3093_resize.jpg IMG_8782 5313x3226 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 On the corner: an iPod Nano-sized clock hugs the wall. IMG_7496_resize.jpg IMG_0293_resize [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_2118.jpg : 5760x3840 px Panorama4_resize.jpg IMG_0323 5760x3840 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: Paramount Building IMG_0560 4207x3770 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_8786 3840x5760 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] IMG_8942 3445x4812 IMG_0575 5760x3840 2014-07-12 12-43-45-0099.jpg : 4567x3788 px A plaza-level fitness club is part of the condo amenities. IMG_8810 3961x3085 [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_0422 4854x3117 [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 IMG_1774.jpg : 5003x3734 px 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 2014-07-11 12-57-36-0081.jpg : 5760x3840 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_8808 3049x4758 [Central Synagogue] IMG_3381 [6/11/2012 11:38:11 AM] IMG_0519 3840x5760 West End Avenue entry. Stevens Institute IMG_0240 5760x3840 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. IMG_1054 2760x5220 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] Chrysler Building 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_0701 4470x3392 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_8829 3742x3217 2014-06-15 11-27-56-0409 3497x5312 IMG_0232 3260x4733 [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3579 [10/15/2012 8:50:44 AM] [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. 40 University Place b 3048x5295 2014-06-23 12-39-54-0587 4856x3840 [90 West Street Building] IMG_3966 10/18/2012 3:16:22 PM Ansonia - SE corner. IMG_0580 5760x3840 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 [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_0505 [8/29/2012 9:06:25 PM] 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 IMG_8160 3470x3717 2014-07-07 07-42-49-0014 2180x4285 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] 2014-06-15 11-43-15-0478 2918x4825 IMG_0606 1917x4088 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. 40 University Place a 4173x4618 Glass-enclosed entry to the glass-enclosed lobby. Davids Diamond More decoration... IMG_9059 4111x2278 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 2014-06-23 12-39-20-0585 5286x3594 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 2014-06-15 11-38-18-0458 3379x4035 2014-06-15 11-09-36-0296.jpg : 5690x3744 px IMG_4526_resize.jpg IMG_8831 3023x4996 Inside the General Assembly Building. Schermerhorn Building [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3548 [10/13/2012 2:33:18 PM] Philadelphia Museum of Art IMG_9057 4330x2497 2014-06-15 11-49-55-0499.jpg : 2602x4154 px IMG_2925_resize.jpg IMG_0670 3735x5642 [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. 2014-03-18 12-21-44-0004 5462x3287 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_0423 5629x3273 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 11-28-19-0411 3800x3956 IMG_1063-2 4926x3462 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_1369.jpg : 5470x3629 px IMG_0368.jpg : 5460x3699 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_0656 3366x4931 IMG_0290_resize 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 IMG_8157 3724x3743 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_0563 5672x3735 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 [Lefcourt Buildings] IMG_3559 [10/13/2012 2:57:13 PM] 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 IMG_8972 5032x3612 [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. IMG_2205.jpg : 5654x3840 px Empire State Building - Fifth Avenue at W34th Street 2014-03-09 11-29-59-0112.jpg : 5628x3173 px IMG_4871_resize.jpg IMG_0648 2760x5102 IMG_1323.jpg : 3765x5760 px 45 Christopher Street HDR 9531x3714 [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] 2014-06-15 11-41-47-0474 2077x4062 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. [Crowns & Cupolas] IMG_3015 [6/11/2012 9:16:12 AM] 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_0638 4856x3287 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 11-36-28-0453 3616x5312 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 IMG_8630 3840x5760 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 2014-03-16 10-45-47-0098 3365x2848 [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 45 Christopher Street 9531x3712 2014-04-27 09-39-30-0032.jpg : 5005x2980 px NO5A6632.jpg : 5760x3840 px IMG_5339_resize.jpg IMG_8977 3419x5510 Storefront arch. IMG_6701-2 3189x3401 [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_0646 3172x2383 [Fifth Avenue Swath] R00_4642 [7/3/2012 10:15:13 AM] Siegel-Cooper warehouse/wagonhouse. Floors 4-10 IMG_0605 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 IMG_0517 3251x3401 2014-04-27-10-10-20-0196_resize.jpg Steel trusses span the light courts. IMG_0118_resize.jpg IMG_8938 5488x3752 [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 IMG_8629 4979x3384 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_4291_resize.jpg 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. IMG_0645 2154x4325 [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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