140 Riverside Drive, The Normandy, designed by Emery Roth, is also where the famed architect retired to. The twin-towered building has twin entrances and lobbies on West 86th and West 87th Streets. In its designation report, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission gushed, “The Normandy Apartments is one of the most outstanding apartment buildings on Manhattan’s […]
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1001 Woodycrest Avenue, aka Noonan Manor, is an apartment building in the Highbridge section of the Bronx. Name: Noonan Manor Location: 1001 Woodycrest Avenue Year Completed: 1939 Architect: unknown Style: Art Deco Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken December 2015 with Canon 5D Mark iii
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Virginia Department of Transportation Building, aka Virginia Department of Highways Building and State Highway Commission Building, was erected in 1939. The T-shaped structure is joined to its Annex with a skybridge over Old 14th Street. Carneal, Johnston & Wright designed the building in a style described alternately as “Stripped Classicism,” “WPA Modern,” or Art Deco.
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American Tobacco Company built this Colonial Revival-style research lab in 1939; additions were made in 1955 and 1992. Name: American Tobacco Company Location: 400 Richmond Highway Year Completed: 1939 Architect: Francisco and Jacobus Style: Colonial Revival Virginia Department of Historic Resources: American Tobacco Company South Richmond Complex HD National Register of Historic Places: Registration Form
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