The Kenilworth has an impressive entry flanked by banded columns reminiscent of the Prasada and the Lucerne. Last of the Second Empire-style buildings to be built on Central Park West, remarkably the structure looks unchanged from 1908, except that the wood-frame windows were replaced. Even the interiors have been preserved. Architectural historian Andrew Alpern wrote, […]
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The Langham is an elegant bookmark separating the more famous Dakota (to the south) and San Remo. The building is a restrained Beaux Arts / French Second Empire; the lower 10 floors are dignified rusticated limestone and brick, with restrained decoration and Juliette balconies. The 11th floor is more heavily decorated, and the 12 and
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Prasada is one of New York’s most distinctive pieces of architecture, though not everyone’s favorite. The Beaux Arts apartment building is too heavily ornamented for some, even those who appreciate the building’s landmark qualities. One critic derides the “banded limestone ‘marshmallow’ columns that I have always regarded as one of the truly tasteless architectural elements
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Landmark Main Street hotel, now residential. Distinctive chamfered corner and tower, Mansard roof. Name: Hotel Capitol Location: 385 Main Street Year Completed: 1861 Architect: John W Gilbert Style: High Victorian Gothic National Register of Historic Places: Buckingham Square Historic District Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon
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The 1869 Larned Building, designed in elegant Second Empire style, was gutted by fire. The landmark’s shell was saved, with a completely new steel-framed interior: a public parking garage. Name: Larned Building, Location: 114 South Warren Street Year Completed: 1869 Architect: Horatio Nelson White Style: Second Empire Wikipedia: Hanover Square, Syracuse Google Map All images
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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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