Bayard-Condict Building - 1879-1899

65 Bleeker Street (between Broadway & Lafayette)

One of my favorite buildings in New York and the only one designed by Louis Sullivan (in conjunction with Lyndon P. Smith), the designer of the Chicago School and mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, the Bayard-Condict Building was considered a radical design in its time as one of the first steel frame structures in the city.

The cornice is ornately designed frieze of white terra cotta angels with wings and arms outspread.

 

The exterior is covered in white terra cotta decoration over masonry.  The building became a National Historic Landmark in 1976. 

Fifth Avenue Clock

Built in 1909 this beautiful street clock was restored to its original beauty by Tiffany Co. in 1981.  It stands on the West side of Fifth Avenue just above 23rd Street where it frames a view of the Flatiron Building.

Engine 14

This Italian Renaissance style firehouse, designed by Napoleon Lebrun around 1890, is on 18th Street between Broadway and 5th Avenues.  I find this amazing and one of the reasons I began this blog.  This firehouse is in my neighborhood -- a place where I had walked many times, but had never really stopped to look up to see the beauty around me.