551 Fifth Avenue
(northeast corner at 45th)
New York, NY
Structure: steel frame; limestone, bronze, masonry cladding
Completed 1927
Architects: J. Sloan and M.T. Robertson
Style: Art Deco
Above the base is masonry of warm orange and deep red, evocative of sunsets—which
themselves are painted on large friezes on the north and south facades.
Photo courtesy Scott Murphy, http://members.aol.com/smurphy109/sm.htm
Copyright © 2001, by Eddy M. Elmer
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