San Remo is one of the high points – literally and figuratively – of the Central Park West skyline, and of the career of architect Emery Roth. The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) gushed that the building “…epitomizes Roth’s ability to combine the traditional with the modern, an urbane amalgam of luxury and convenience, decorum […]
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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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860 Grand Concourse, designed by Charles Kremborg, is an Art Deco landmark of the Grand Concourse Historic District. Name: 860 Grand Concourse Location: 860 Grand Concourse Year Completed: 1941 Architect: Charles Kremborg Style: Art Deco NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth
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Delta Hotels by Marriott Richmond Downtown, built as Crowne Plaza Hotel in 1986, is a knife-edged red high-rise squeezed between East Canal Street and a Downtown Expressway on-ramp. The building’s shape is dictated by the odd shape of the site. The striking ribbon-windowed design was described as “architecturally ingenious in how it squeezes a big
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Railroad Branch YMCA was built by the railroads, next to the Main Street Station, to give railroad workers a wholesome alternative to the flop houses and bordellos of what was then a red light district. It has been converted to a pub/restaurant (City Bar & Chop House) and apartments (Railroad-Y Lofts). Name: Railroad Branch YMCA
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530 East Main Street, aka Eskimo Pie Building, Atlantic Life Insurance Company Building, and Chamber of Commerce Building, is scarred from cornice repairs that destroyed distinctive terra cotta ornamentation. The building is part of the Fifth and Main Historic District. Name: 530 East Main Street, aka Atlantic Life Insurance Company Building, Eskimo Building, Eskimo Pie
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Hotel Richmond was built in two phases. The original 1904 structure was an eight-story building fronting East Grace Street, designed by Harrison Albright. A 1911 expansion added two stories to the original building and an 11-story wing to the north, designed by John Kevan Peebles. A two-story lobby was constructed between the wings, fronting on
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Hotel John Marshall opened in 1929 as “The Finest Hotel in the South,” and for decades reigned as the premier venue for political events. Seven presidents, from FDR to Ronald Reagan, attended functions at the John Marshall. Virginia’s outgoing governor traditionally met the governor-elect at the hotel on inauguration day. In 1985, L. Douglas Wilder
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Berry-Burk Building, once home of Berry-Burk clothiers, has been converted to rental apartments and a ground floor restaurant. The four-story limestone structure has a colorful terra cotta crown and fourth floor, and impressive main entry. As a bonus, the building is cater-corner from the stunning Dominion Energy Center Carpenter Theatre and just four blocks west
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The Shriners built Altria Theater in 1927 as the Acca Temple Shrine. The City of Richmond bought the building in 1940 and converted it for municipal use. The theater, renamed The Mosque or Mosque Theater, became Landmark Theater in 1995. Tobacco company Altria donated $10 million for renovations in 2014, at which time the venue
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