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NYC / Manhattan / Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell is one of Emery Roth’s fabulous residential towers. Although it is just off Central Park West (next door to the twin-towered Majestic), the Cromwell easily competes with CPW addresses for visual attention. Name: Oliver Cromwell Location: 12 West 72nd Street Year Completed: 1927 Architect: Emery Roth Style: neo-Renaissance NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation […]

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NYC / Bronx / Buckingham Court

1515 Grand Concourse is a neo-Tudor oddity among the many Art Deco landmarks of the Grand Concourse Historic District. Name: Buckingham Court Location: 1515 Grand Concourse Year Completed: 1927 Architect: H.L. Feldman Style: neo-Tudor National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken April 2015 with

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NYC / Bronx / Grand Concourse Seventh Day Adventist Temple

1275 Grand Concourse, built in 1927 as synagogue Temple Adath Israel, is now Grand Concourse Seventh Day Adventist Temple. Name: Grand Concourse Seventh Day Adventist Temple, Temple Adath Israel Location: 1275 Grand Concourse Year Completed: 1927 Architect: unknown Style: neo-Classical, Classical Revival National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form Google Map All images copyright ©

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NYC / Manhattan / 1 Fifth Avenue

One Fifth Avenue is a landmark apartment building overlooking Washington Square in Greenwich Village. The four-story base is clad in limestone, while the tower rises in brick. The architects used light and dark bricks to create vertical false shadows, accentuating the building’s height. Name:  1 Fifth Avenue Location:  1 Fifth Avenue Year Completed:  1927 Architect: 

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NYC / Manhattan / Ritz Tower

Ritz Tower was conceived as an “apartment hotel” to circumvent the city’s height restriction for apartment buildings. Apartment buildings’ heights were limited to 150% of the width of the adjacent street. When it opened, 465 Park Avenue was the tallest residential building in New York City, and had the same cachet as one of the

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