About This Blog

New Yorkers are notorious for rushing through our streets, heads down, all too often oblivious to the beauty and history of the buildings around us. This blog aims to explore some of those buildings, from the famous landmarks to unknown gems. Hopefully your interest will be piqued, and the next time you're walking down a NY street you'll take time to stop and look up.

Showing posts with label SoHo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SoHo. Show all posts

Friday, April 29, 2011

451 Broome

My in-laws were visiting from Europe last week and spent most of their time taking advantage of the weak dollar with never-ending shopping sprees.  So, while they went store to store in SoHo, I stayed outside and looked up at all the awesome buildings.

One that I always found so interesting is 451 Broome.  It's a huge, massive building that stretches from Broadway to Mercer Street.  So big, I couldn't even fit it in one shot.  There's the central part of the facade...
And then the left part of the facade...
And the right part of of the facade...
Massive, isn't it?  Well, yes and no.  When viewed from Broadway, it's a tiny sliver of a building...