Starrett-Lehigh Building.

Considered one of New York City's oldest 'modern' buildings, Starrett-Leigh was constructed in 1930-1931 as a joint venture between the Starrett real-estate company and the Lehigh Valley Railroad. It was a massive (26 million cubic feet of space) freight terminal, warehouse, and office building constructed over the Lehigh Valley Railroad's active freight yards. Some of the buildings more unique features include nearly floor to ceiling windows, 30-foot deep elevators (for the movement of whole trucks), and rounded corners and deep setbacks. It was one of only a few buildings by a non-major architect featured in the genre-defining 1932 "Modern Architecture: International Exhibition" show of the Museum of Modern Art.

Architectural critic Lewis Mumford said in 1931: "the contrast between the long, continuous red-brick bands and the green-framed windows, with sapphire reflections or depths, is as sound a use of color as one can see about the city."