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New York
Architecture Images- Midtown
Crown Building |
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architect |
Warren & Wetmore |
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location |
730 Fifth Ave., at W57. |
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date |
1921 |
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style |
Historicist Skyscrapers |
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construction |
Steel frame |
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Office Building |
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Special thanks to Carter B. Horsley of the www.thecityreview.com |
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This mixed-use building was the first office deveopment
resulting from the 1916 zoning variation. The 26-storey building's lower
part follows the existing property and roof lines of the low-rises,
after which it sets back to the French Renaissance tower with an
octagonal pyramid roof and a tall chimney, both with gilded details. The
rooster figure at the top was removed in 1942, to be melted for the war
effort. The barrel-vaulted lobby was built small to maximize the retail space, especially profitable in this area of Midtown. |
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