Upper floors with exapnsion
Lower detail
One thing I enjoy about looking up is noticing how the architects decided to incorporate expansions. This building clearly added a floor, and made no effort beyond matching the red to fix it into the existing design. Nonetheless, it has some very subtle features to enjoy.
Upper detail
Lower detail
As many of the buildings on 23rd street near 7th avenue demonstrate, one need not go out of their way to find interesting buildings. (See also: Amsterdam Avenue).
Ornamentation
Picture frame
Grand decorations
The horizontal surrounding the leaves on the middle floor on the bottom picture look like they are shaded in a comic book. Note the great ornaments in the center and corbels on the sides.
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