Church of the Intercession, 155th Street
Vernon Howe Bailey was a New York City artist who sketched regularly for newspapers and periodicals. He also created gentle, understated sketches of city bridges, skyscrapers, street scenes, and...
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Why would designers choose to decorate some of the city’s loveliest facades, fences, and clocks with bugs? When it comes to the honeybees on this once-working bank clock on 14th Street and Eighth...
View ArticleA spooky Gothic skyscraper next to Trinity Church
Well, skyscraper by 1905 standards. That’s the year the 21-story Trinity Building finished construction. Designed as a Neo-Gothic complement to Trinity Church on Lower Broadway, it’s loaded with...
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