A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century (1898)
Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC, Real Estate Record Association, Union League Club (New York, N.Y.), former owner. NNC · New York : Record and guide · leaf 518
eorge B. Post, Architect. (1.S77.) window arches, and the modillions which decorate the maincornice of the building are actually made of terra cotta, the materialbeing- hidden under a coat of paint, which had been used to makethe terra cotta resemble brown stone. This very building, therefore,was… … 512 A HISrORV OF REAL ESTATE, though it has been found necessary to recut tlie damaged and disin-tegrated faces of the brown stone work in tlie walls and mouldings. Here let us define the difference between terra cotta and archi-tectural terra cotta. Terra cotta is simply baked earth, a term…
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