Castle fortress
Are the air shaft storefronts original?
This building is a classic tenement style. It has the ornamentation, including three distinct sections, topped by a cornice, and also the minimum-regulation air shaft.
It is a little difficult to see in this picture, but this is the case with many buildings: was it always intended for the storefronts to fill the airshaft on the 1st story? That is, there is an archway above that seems stunted for spanning what is essentially an empty gap. On the other hand, many buildings, such as The Park Row Building (in another way; there are closer matches in the neighborhood I haven’t documented), do the same thing.
