480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, is one of those buildings that makes a non-architect wonder: Why is so much decoration put so high, where no one can see it? Modest decoration appears on the three-story base; but at the 13th floor and above, there’s a proliferation of terra cotta. Garlands, grotesques, medallions, dentil and egg-and-dart […]
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2 Sutton Place South is an Emery Roth-designed cooperative apartment building with unique corner porte cochere. Name: 2 Sutton Place South Location: 2 Sutton Place South Year Completed: 1938 Architect: Emery Roth City Realty: Carter Horsley review Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken 2014, 2018 with Canon 5D Mark iii,
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1 Sutton Place South is a luxury apartment building designed by Rosario Candela. Built in 1927, it is now a cooperative. Name: 1 Sutton Place South Location: 1 Sutton Place South Year Completed: 1927 Architect: Rosario Candela Style: Italian Renaissance Wikipedia: One Sutton Place South City Realty: Carter Horsley review Google Map All images copyright
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Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Avenue, is a landmark house of worship in Midtown Manhattan. It was built in 1872, designed by Henry Fernbach in Moorish Revival style. Name: Central Synagogue Location: 652 Lexington Avenue Year Completed: 1872 Architect: Henry Fernbach Style: Moorish Revival NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report Wikipedia: Central Synagogue (Manhattan) Google Map
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