15 West 81st Street holds its own on a block of impressive facades across from the monumental American Museum of Natural History. The block-through building is slightly taller than all except Emery Roth’s triple-towered Beresford, two doors away. It was the last building erected on the block.
- Name: 15 West 81st Street
- Location: 15 West 81st Street
- Year Completed: 1930
- Architect: Emery Roth
- Style: neo-Renaissance
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report
- City Realty: Carter Horsley review
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15 West 81st Street holds its own on a block of impressive facades across from the monumental American Museum of Natural History.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken June 2015
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