NYC Facades

Upper stories

Decorative archway

First, don’t be confused by the consistency across the buildings; they are not connected.  Obviously, they are not maintained together, since the window frames are different, and the right one is much dirtier than the left. Second, the brickwork is different; look at the corbels.

Look at the quality of the brickwork;  fairground arches beneath the cornice; the lazy chimney corbel; the varied arches and patterning; the horse shoe arches ovre the windows.

Curved corner windows, brickwork abound

I really like the variety of brickwork on this building, which varies from under-window to adorning the chimney on the eastern face (sunny) face. At the corner you can see that the building is one of a set and has several relatives adjacent and across Amsterdam.

Note the paneled cornice

Many of the features on this building are unusual: the cornice on most buildings is a frieze, whereas this one is decidedly not; it has quions, which are unusual for the Upper West Side, it has decorative brickerwork (in the middle windows, as well as long horizontal sections beneath that); pilasters and archways; a deep red color.

Upper stories

Molding detail

I like the subtelty of this building; the molding decorations done in brick, and the motif with the waves (in the cornice and in the bolding at the bottom of the second image). The whole thing is just unpresumptuous. I’m not sure of the style, though.