Described by the 19th-century architectural historian Montgomery Schuyler as “the largest, most imposing, and most luxurious of the club-houses of New York” the Metropolitan Club Building was designed by Stanford White, a partner in the firm of McKim, Mead & White, and was built between 1892 and 1894. Executed on a grand scale in a […]
The sophisticated asymmetrical facade of the five-story Chalif Normal School of Dancing, with motifs inspired by the Italian Renaissance and Mannerism, features upper stories clad in tan-gray-colored brick, laid in a diamond pattern, and notable polychrome terracotta with classical and theatrical references. It is terminated by a colonnaded loggia with a deep, overhanging copper cornice.
Graham Court Apartments, commissioned by William Waldorf Astor, and designed by the firm of Clinton & Russell, architects known for their many apartment houses, hotels, and early commercial skyscrapers in New York City. It is one of the signal achievements in the history of the apartment house in New York City. Quadrangular in plan and […]
The Federal Reserve Bank is one of the largest, most imposing bank buildings in the World. It is beautifully proportioned despite its great size and exhibits some of the finest ironwork and details in the City. It is fourteen stories high and has five stories below grade. The remarkable stone exterior is reminiscent of an […]
This imposing residence in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo is outstanding not only for excellence of design and beauty of execution but also for subtle richness of detail. Five stories high with basement and sub-basement, its dignity and quiet elegance are due in part to the large plain wall areas of Tennessee marble […]
Designated 7/23/1974 This extremely elegant and architecturally distinguished residence was designed by Thornton Chard (1873-1951), a New York architect, in a simplified but sophisticated version of early Italian Renaissance style. Chard had attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1901 and, upon his return from Europe, opened an architectural office in the city. His small […]
Stately in its formal appearance, this four-story Italian Renaissance building, of granite, terra-cotta and brick, is extremely successful in its architectural treatment. McKim, Mead & White, architects for The Century Association, had a reputation for understanding the use of Renaissance elements, and Stanford White, the partner in charge of this project, was renowned for his […]
Designated 6/20/1967 This building with its 15 story tower has an intrinsic character and an integrity of design which evoke considerable praise. Music lovers consider no building in the City with more reverence. Modified Italian Renaissance in style, its facades include a veritable vocabulary of Renaissance detail. The details for this building were selected with great […]
The B. Altman & Company Department Store Building was the first and one of the handsomest of the flagship department stores on Fifth Avenue. Its construction in 1905-13 acted as a catalyst in the transformation of Fifth Avenue north of 34th Street into a grand boulevard lined with large, high-class department stores. The architects, Trowbridge […]
Designated September 9, 1969 This handsome apartment house built around a large central courtyard fills a short city block between Broadway and West End Avenue. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style by Clinton & Russell for the Astor Estate, it remains today much as it was when originally built with the exception that stores have […]
