The Commodore Hotel

 The Commodore Hotel designed by Warren & Wetmore c. 1919 at East 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City.  Click HERE for more on the Hotel Commodore which still stands in an extremely altered fashion as the Grand Hyatt New York seen HERE on google street view.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1919.

Aeolian Hall

Aeolian Hall at the Aeolian Building designed by Warren & Wetmore c. 1912 at 33 West 42nd Street in New York City.  The building housed the Aeolian Company, manufacturer of pianos and organs, and the hall was built to seat 1,100 people and hosted a variety of concerts.  Aeolian sold the building to the Schulte Cigar Stores Company in 1924 and hired Warren & Wetmore to design a new headquarters at 689 Fifth Avenue which was completed in 1927.  This building is now home to the State University College of Optometry.  Click HERE for more on Aeolian Hall and HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column on the building.  Click HERE to see the building on google streetview.

  

Photos from Architectural Record, 1912.

Grand Central Terminal Interiors

The accompanying interiors to Grand Central Terminal designed by Warren & Wetmore and Reed & Stem c. 1913 on East 42nd Street in New York City.  Click HERE for more on Grand Central Terminal which celebrates its 100th birthday tonight at midnight.

Photos from Architecture, 1913, Architecture & Building, 1913 and Architecture & Building, 1919.

Grand Central Terminal Turns 100!

Grand Central Terminal designed by Warren & Wetmore and Reed & Stem c. 1913 at 89 East 42nd Street in New York City.  Tomorrow at midnight will mark the 100th birthday of the railroad terminal which was built to replace the Grand Central Depot that had previously stood on the site.  Click HERE and HERE for more on Grand Central Terminal.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column on the unbuilt tower that was part of the original plan.  Click HERE for the Wikipedia page on Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, the lawsuit that brought about the ability for landmarked NYC properties to transfer their developable air-rights to adjacent sites, ultimately upholding the city's landmarks law.  Click HERE to see the station on google street view.

Photos from Architecture, 1913, Architecture & Building, 1913 and Architecture & Building, 1919.

The Vanderbilt Hotel

 The Vanderbilt Hotel designed by Warren & Wetmore c. 1912 at 4 Park Avenue in New York City.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column and HERE for more on the Vanderbilt Hotel.  The building was converted into rental apartments in the 1960s.  Click HERE to see the building as it looks today and HERE to see it on google street view.

Photos from Architecture and The Brickbuilder magazines, 1912.