A Closer Look at the Chanin Building

Posted by Scout on March 15th, 2010

Chances are, when looking at the Chanin Building at the corner of 42nd and Lex…

Chanin Building (picture credits: Emilio Guerra)

…You’ve probably noticed the incredible friezes running the perimeter of the building, both in terra-cotta and bronze:

Chanin Building (picture credits: Emilio Guerra)

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Across The Street From The Chrysler Building

Posted by Scout on May 13th, 2009

I came out of the Chrysler Building yesterday and noticed a number of people staring at the ugly, uninteresting glass-curtain building across the street and taking pictures. Thus, I had to stop and stare too…but why were we all staring? For a second, I thought someone might be jumping or something. As this proved not to be the case, I kept staring . . .

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