Bronx County Building (originally Bronx County Courthouse) is a monumental landmark of limestone and marble that blends modern and classical forms. It is made more prominent by its siting, raised on a granite podium between two parks – Joyce Kilmer Park to the north, Franz Sigel Park to the south. The podium, most visible on […]
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888 Grand Concourse has seen better days. But even in decline, the curvaceous Art Deco landmark is striking and memorable. The bold corner treatment, in particular, stands out for its concave gilt and mosaic entry. The Emery Roth-designed apartment building stands at E 161st Street, across the “Boulevard of Dreams” from the old Bronx County
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Fish Building is “one of the most astonishing apartment houses in the Bronx, indeed in New York City,” wrote Christopher Gray in his July 15, 2007 New York Times Streetscapes column. The six-story building, aka 1150 Grand Concourse, is an Art Deco delight designed by Horace Ginsbern and Marvin Fine. This Grand Concourse landmark gets
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The City of Brooklyn built this fire station in Bensonhurst just two years before the borough merged with New York City. The station, at 2425 86th Street, originally housed Engine Company 53; later 153, before becoming 253. The Dutch Renaissance style reflects Bensonhurst’s Dutch origins. Name: Engine Company 253 Location: 2425-2427 86th Street Year Completed:
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Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company building of 1920, designed by NY architect Benjamin Morris. Now used by Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP). (Not to be confused with Phoenix Mutual’s modern headquarters, known as the “Boat Building” for its unusual shape.) Name: Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, Department of Energy and Environmental
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Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House. The parish house is now used as the Metropolitan Church. Both structures were commissioned by Samuel Colt’s wife as a memorial to her husband. Name: Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House, Metropolitan Church Location: 155 Wyllys Street Year Completed: 1896 Architect: Edward Tuckerman Potter Style:
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Linden Building, built in 1891, is a Main Street landmark with its copper-topped cupola. Now condominiums. Name: Linden Building Location: 1 Linden Place, 427 Main Street Year Completed: 1891 Architect: Frederick Savage Newman Style: Richardsonian Romanesque National Register of Historic Places: Buckingham Square District (pdf) Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos
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Hartford Times Building, now part of the University of Connecticut campus. Beaux Arts landmark at 10 Prospect St. Name: Hartford Times Building Location: 10 Prospect Street Year Completed: 1920 Architect: Donn Barber Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Hartford Times Building Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D
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Hartford State Armory, aka Connecticut State Armory, aka Governor William A. O’Neill State Armory, is headquarters of the state militia. It was built with a great deal of cast concrete which deteriorated and was replaced with carved limestone in the 1990s. (See National Register of Historic Places registration form for more detail). Name: Connecticut State
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The Hartford Municipal Building is the city’s third City Hall, after outgrowing two previous homes. The land was donated by financier J. Pierpont Morgan. Name: Hartford Municipal Building, City Hall Location: 550 Main Street Year Completed: 1915 Architect: Davis & Brooks, Palmer & Hornbostel Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Municipal Building Google Map All images copyright
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