Wonderful faded sign under the Chrysler Building for the Chrysler Building Arcade. It advertises a beauty salon, a barber shop, telephones, a restaurant and specialty shops. This would have been called a “concourse” had the Chrysler Building been constructed in the 1960s or 1970s. This survives where the arcade meets the Grand Central subway station. #nyc #architecture #transportation
The Bryant Park skyline: The classy American Radiator Building glows next to the autumnally hued Empire State Building on this Thanksgiving 2012. I’m thankful this vista exists. #skyscrapers #skyline #architecture #thanksgiving
A gorgeous Art Deco tower, hiding in plain sight in Brooklyn Heights. Some buildings are eyesores — this Court Street beauty makes the eye soar! #brooklyn #architecture #nyc
In 2007, The Chrysler Building was pushed down into the status of third tallest in NYC by the building visible all the way down 42nd Street, the Bank of America Tower. Of course, 1 WTC means Chrysler is now fourth, tied with The New York Times Tower. Now you know. #nyc #skyscrapers #skyline #manhattan #architecture
Courtyard of the Van Tassel Apartments in Sleepy Hollow, designed by Andrew J. Thomas on commission from John D. Rockefeller Jr. It opened in January 1930 and was called “Westchester’s Most Prominent Apartment Building.” #architecture #history #sleepyhollow #gm #generalmotors
After 40 years of delays, the Four Freedoms FDR memorial at Roosevelt Island is open RIGHT NOW for previews. You must visit this Louis Kahn masterpiece, finished 38 years after his death. I’ll have more pictures on The Retrologist soon. #fdr #memorial #nyc #sculpture #architecture
Hyatt Regency San Francisco, the work of John Portman, master of the atrium hotel. Other examples exist in Atlanta, New York, Detroit and elsewhere. #architecture #1970s #sf (Taken with Instagram)
Pure 1970s and an essential part of San Francisco: The Embarcadero Center. #1970s #sf #architecture (Taken with Instagram)
