Monday, January 23, 2012

The Black, Starr & Frost Building

The Black, Starr & Frost Building designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1912 at 592 Fifth Avenue (and 48th Street) in New York City. Black, Starr & Frost, jewelers, erected their new headquarters on the site of the former C.T. Cook residence, click HERE for more. The building underwent significant alterations in 1964.

Photos from The American Architect, 1912.

2 comments:

The Down East Dilettante said...

The street level is superb--the quality of the pilasters, the frieze above the windows---control and proportion, a sure eye for detail.

The Devoted Classicist said...

I can understand adding the extra floors in the early 1960s, but what a shame to lose the wonderfully proportioned detailing of this building, a great example of scale.