Brentmore’s U-shape plan gives the appearance of two buildings, when viewed from Central Park. Unlike its modern neighbor, Brentmore has the classical tripartite design of base, shaft, capital. The Beaux Arts/neo-Renaissance landmark was designed by prolific architects Schwartz & Gross, and completed in 1910. Name: Brentmore Location: 88 Central Park West Year Completed: 1910 Architect: […]
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Prasada is one of New York’s most distinctive pieces of architecture, though not everyone’s favorite. The Beaux Arts apartment building is too heavily ornamented for some, even those who appreciate the building’s landmark qualities. One critic derides the “banded limestone ‘marshmallow’ columns that I have always regarded as one of the truly tasteless architectural elements
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First Church of Christ, Scientist is entering its third life, reincarnated as a museum. After a century of worship in its West 96th Street home, First Church of Christ, Scientist sold its landmark building to Crenshaw Christian Center East. A decade later, Crenshaw sold the building to a developer intent on converting the structure to
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VCU Arts Depot was built in 1907 as Richmond & Chesapeake Bay Railway depot, a dozen years before the grandiose Broad Street Station (Union Station) was built a mile west. Trains passed through the station’s second floor, in the rear. Train service ended in the 1970s. Today, the building is occupied by Virginia Commonwealth University’s
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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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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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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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Park Slope Historic District is a huge swath of mostly residential buildings, roughly two blocks deep by 24 blocks long, across the entire northwest border of Prospect Park. The original district, designated in July 1973, was extended in April 2012 and again in April 2016. Combined, these districts cover more than 2,500 buildings. A related
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Hartford Times Building, now part of the University of Connecticut campus. Beaux Arts landmark at 10 Prospect St. Name: Hartford Times Building Location: 10 Prospect Street Year Completed: 1920 Architect: Donn Barber Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Hartford Times Building Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D
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The Hartford Municipal Building is the city’s third City Hall, after outgrowing two previous homes. The land was donated by financier J. Pierpont Morgan. Name: Hartford Municipal Building, City Hall Location: 550 Main Street Year Completed: 1915 Architect: Davis & Brooks, Palmer & Hornbostel Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Municipal Building Google Map All images copyright
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