It’s stunning. Stern is amazing!
Classical architecture never fails to please everyone. Take a look at the two modernist tall condo towers flanking this building to the left/right: they are both done by Star Architectural firms - both fall flat in comparison to this RAM beauty.
The two plain-Jane neighbors serve as the perfect foil to enhance the stand out beauty of this building.
A very nice building. It reminds me of the stone facades of the skyscrapers around 1910.

Hudson Terminal Building
This brick looks better in fall/winter light. Nice windows.
He’s showing us how it’s done!
This building has a good scale.
Pic by me. Taken yesterday.

NYC Corona Vibes - 03-06-2021 - 5 by Christopher Estevez, on Flickr
West Chelsea is finally starting to get built up, like Riverside Drive. ![]()
It’s amazing how that formerly crappy area has become so nice!
Even when it was crappy it had pockets of wealth. Go figure!
I’m really focusing on 11th/12th Ave. It was terrible 20 years ago, let alone 30 years ago, and now, it’s beautiful.
Pic by me. Taken today.

The Cortland (555 W 22nd St) - 03-20-2021 by Christopher Estevez, on Flickr
But it was a helluva a lot of fun 40 years ago.
Lord have mercy!
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