136 Waverly Place

1928, Walter S. Schneider; New York City Landmark.
Brick with glazed terra-cotta ornament. Apartments. (Source: "Terra-Cotta Skyline", by Susan Tunick).

The Rube oddly did not notice this when he was there -- being preoccupied with the medieval knights and animals framing the entrance (2-jpg) -- but this building also has an interesting mottled goldish glaze on much of its terra cotta.

The decorative posts at the top of the building (3-jpg) seem an odd detail -- what would they be called? We can readily imagine Harold Lloyd hanging off of them during his "Safety Last" movie.

See also: in context view, from northeast






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	136 Waverly Place
Home Help	1928, Walter S. Schneider; New York City Landmark. Brick with glazed terra-cotta ornament. Apartments. (Source: "Terra-Cotta Skyline", by Susan Tunick). The Rube oddly did not notice this when he was there -- being preoccupied with the medieval knights and animals framing the entrance (2-jpg) -- but this building also has an interesting mottled goldish glaze on much of its terra cotta. The decorative posts at the top of the building (*3-jpg) seem an odd detail -- what would they be called? We can readily imagine Harold Lloyd hanging off of them during his "Safety Last" movie. See also*: in context view, from northeast	This page requires a 6.0+ browser for the pictures/text to display correctly. If you have an older version of Netscape, Explorer, or AOL, the text will appear cut off and the pictures distorted.