Front of the building
A sample window with decorations
A highly ornamented column; for a lamp?
A mid-building balcony
This building, located on 7th Avenue and 58th street, was just sensory overload. The level of detail is just completely overwhelming. If ever there was a strike against this gothic architecture, this would be it. However, the ecorations are quite evocative: there are dragons beneath the windows; the lamp column are decorated as the pulpit of a cathedral; the the standard columns have arms as though a spread eagle.
What depth of consideration goes into this decoration? Is there a palatte of gothic architecture, or does the symbolism run deep with every building, and unique to the object?
