1 East End Avenue is an Upper East Side cooperative apartment building built in 1929. The building has an unusual trapezoidal shape, with a narrow southern end. The East River-façade is punctuated with four copper-covered bay windows. Name: 1 East End Avenue Location: 1 East End Avenue Year Completed: 1929 Architect: Albert W. Lewis, Pleasants […]
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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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Park Slope Historic District is a huge swath of mostly residential buildings, roughly two blocks deep by 24 blocks long, across the entire northwest border of Prospect Park. The original district, designated in July 1973, was extended in April 2012 and again in April 2016. Combined, these districts cover more than 2,500 buildings. A related
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Cincinnati landmark Dixie Terminal keeps reinventing itself. It has served as a streetcar terminal, bus terminal, stock exchange, railroad ticket office, and office building. The Fourth Street entrance is a grand two-story arch lined with colorful Faience tiles. The lobby is a two-story barrel-vaulted arcade. Name: Dixie Terminal Location: 49 East 4th Street Year Completed:
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State Tower Building in downtown Syracuse was built as a commercial high-rise in 1928, but the skyscraper is now apartments. The Art Deco landmark on South Warren Street is part of the Hanover Square Historic District. Name: State Tower Building Location: 109 South Warren Street Year Completed: 1928 Architect: Thompson & Churchill Style: Art Deco
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Syracuse City Hall was inspired, some say, by Albany’s City Hall. The Romanesque Revival landmark was completed in 1893. The mayor fired architect Charles Colton for refusing to install the city’s historic bell in the tower. Next year, after the bell was installed, voters fired the mayor. At the outbreak of WWII the bell was
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Philadelphia City Hall is at the geographic center of Philadelphia, and until 1986 was the city’s tallest structure by “gentlemen’s agreement.” The structure is pure masonry – held up by granite and brick walls up to 22 feet thick! Name: PhiladelphiaCity Hall Location: 1400 John F Kennedy Boulevard / 1 Penn Square Year Completed: 1901
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The nation’s most expensive state capitol was completed in 1899, after 32 years, three teams of architects, and $25 million ($778 million in 2020 dollars). Those impressive stairs aren’t just for a grand entry: They were added to stop the building from sliding down the hill! Name: New York State Capitol Location: State Street Year
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