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De Vinne Press Building
De Vinne Press Building

[DeVinne Press Building, 393-399 Lafayette Street.]

IMAGE DATE1977
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DeVinne Press Building ca. 1977

Home of the famous DeVinne Press, which produced such handsome books in its day, this Romanesque Revival structure, with its low gable end emphasized by the little arches rising beneath it, set a vogue for commercial and industrial buildings that proved a fine, expressive solution for the low-pitched roof. The Judge Building on Fifth Avenue followed suit, as did many others of less note.

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