Street Scenes, 1898. Fifth Ave., S.W. Cor. 56th St.
A building on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 56th Street (718 5th Avenue). The entrances/front stairs to other buildings on West 56th Street are also visible. Part of the next building on 5th Avenue is also visible and appears to have the doors and windows boarded up, although a "To Let" sign can also be seen for this building.
Museum of the City of New YorkBuilt in 1872 this brownstone structure at the southwest corner of Fifth and 56th was appropriately ornate for early Fifth Avenue. The building featured prominent quoins (masonry bricks at the corners), fancy bulls-eye windows, and a decorative stone railing at the roofline. Originally a home, in the 1890s the ground floor was converted for commercial use. During the 1910s and 1920s, the building was home to a number of art and antique showrooms and galleries
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