40 West 40th Street
(between Fifth & Sixth Avenues)
New York, NY
Structure: steel frame; black masonry cladding
Completed 1924
Architects: Raymond Hood and André Fouilhoux
Style: Art Deco, with Gothic features
Also known as the American Standard Building, this tower is notable for its striking
black brickwork facade.
Photo courtesy Mary Ann Sullivan, http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/
Copyright © 2001, by Eddy M. Elmer
Permanent URL: http://www.eddyelmer.com/architecture/amrad.htm