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THE RITZ TOWER

architect

Emery Roth and Carrère & Hastings

location

109 E 57th St./455 Park Ave. 

date

1925

style

Art Deco  Sixteenth Century Italian Renaissance

construction

buff-brick, limestone base. 40 floors, 166.4m (546 feet) high
The base is of rusticated white limestone with Renaissance themes, whereas the tower has a warm-toned brick facing and somewhat more composed decor. The terraces on the setbacks were a novelty at the time and a later-day example can be seen in the next-door Galleria tower. 
The top of the building at 166,5 m is set back with ordinary copper roofs and topped with a series of obelisks. 

type

Hotel

 

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nyc-architecture.com

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