900 Grand Concourse, Concourse Plaza, was designed as a hotel by Maynicke & Franke. It is now apartments in the Grand Concourse Historic District. Name: Concourse Plaza Location: 900 Grand Concourse Year Completed: 1923 Architect: Maynicke & Franke Style: Colonial Revival NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form Google […]
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Eli Apartments, aka Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building, was built in 1938. The Art Deco high-rise was designed by Roy W. Foote and Douglas Orr. It was converted in 2004 to apartments. Name: Eli Apartments, aka Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building Location: 227 Church Street Year Completed: 1938 Architect: Roy W.
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Buffalo Savings Bank is a Beaux Arts landmark on Fountain Plaza with a stunning gold dome and spectacular interior. Unlike many such landmarks, this building still serves its original purpose: banking. Name: Buffalo Savings Bank Location: 1 Fountain Square Year Completed: 1901 Architect: Green & Wicks Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Buffalo Savings Bank Google Map
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Home Savings Bank, 11 North Pearl Street, is a prominent part of the Downtown Albany Historic District. The Art Deco landmark is distinctive for its polychrome terra cotta. Name: Home Savings Bank Location: 11 North Pearl Street Year Completed: 1927 Architect: Dennison & Hirons Style: Art Deco Wikipedia: Home Savings Bank Google Map
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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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Empire State Plaza, New York State’s vast gleaming white government office complex, was the vision of the late Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. Some 1,200 buildings were razed to make way for the modernist office towers and brutalist Cultural Education Center. Name: Governor Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Location: 100 South Mall Arterial Year Completed:
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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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Buffalo City Hall is an Art Deco landmark at 65 Niagara Square, built in 1932 to plans by Dietel, Wade & Jones. Name: Buffalo City Hall Location: 65 Niagara Square Year Completed: 1931 Architect: George J Dietel Style: Art Deco Wikipedia: Buffalo City Hall Google Map
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Albany’s current City Hall stands on the 24 Eagle Street site of Albany’s second municipal capitol, which was destroyed by fire in 1830.
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