New Haven County Courthouse, aka Superior Court, was completed in 1917 on New Haven Green’s north side. William H. Allen and Richard Williams designed the Beaux Arts landmark. Name: New Haven County Courthouse, aka Superior Court Location: 121 Elm Street Year Completed: 1917 Architect: William H. Allen, Richard Williams Style: Beaux Arts, Classical Revival Wikipedia: […]
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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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New Haven’s City Hall was built in 1861, designed by Henry Austin; the County Courthouse annex was completed in 1873, designed by David R. Brown. Name: New Haven City Hall and County Courthouse Location: 161 Church Street Year Completed: 1861, 1873 Architect: Henry Austin, David R. Brown Style: High Victorian Gothic Wikipedia: New Haven
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United Church on the Green is a landmark church on the landmark New Haven Green, designed by David Hoadley in Federal style and completed in 1815. Name: United Church on the Green Location: 270 Temple Street Year Completed: 1815 Architect: David Hoadley Style: Federal Wikipedia: New Haven Green Google Map All images copyright ©
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Bronx County Hall of Justice reverses centuries of tradition: The aluminum and glass facades are designed for openness and transparency instead of monumental intimidation. According to the architects, “The image of the courthouse in society was of primary concern in the design of the building. The program is organized in a linear manner around an
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Bronx County Building (originally Bronx County Courthouse) is a monumental landmark of limestone and marble that blends modern and classical forms. It is made more prominent by its siting, raised on a granite podium between two parks – Joyce Kilmer Park to the north, Franz Sigel Park to the south. The podium, most visible on
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888 Grand Concourse has seen better days. But even in decline, the curvaceous Art Deco landmark is striking and memorable. The bold corner treatment, in particular, stands out for its concave gilt and mosaic entry. The Emery Roth-designed apartment building stands at E 161st Street, across the “Boulevard of Dreams” from the old Bronx County
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Fish Building is “one of the most astonishing apartment houses in the Bronx, indeed in New York City,” wrote Christopher Gray in his July 15, 2007 New York Times Streetscapes column. The six-story building, aka 1150 Grand Concourse, is an Art Deco delight designed by Horace Ginsbern and Marvin Fine. This Grand Concourse landmark gets
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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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300 West 38th Street, a little three-story brick and terra cotta building in the Garment District, was one of the first designs of an architectural giant, Emery Roth. Some of the decoration and design elements – minus the recent garish paint – are seen in Emery Roth’s later works. Name: 300 West 38th Street Location:
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