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Title: A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC Real Estate Record Association Union League Club (New York, N.Y.), former owner. NNC
Subjects: Real estate business Building Architecture
Publisher: New York : Record and guide
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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than Mr. Renwick to introduce terra cotta workinto Xew ^()rk, and one of his most successful efforts still remainsin the window trinnnings of the St. Dennis Hotel, located on Broad-way, opposite Grace Church. Xo architect recognized the higherclaims of architectural terra cotta more thoroughly than he did. Itis an interesting fact that Mr. Renwick has been personally identifiedwith all the progressive history of terra cotta work in Xew YorkCity from 1853. The architectural firm of Renwick, As-pinwall & Russell designed very many special uses forthis material. One especially good example of decorativeterra cotta work is the altar and reredos of St. Marks Church, atthe southwest corner of Avenue B and 10th street. New York. Thiswas made in Boston in about 1882. It is designed in early EnglishGothic and is exceedingly well executed in both modeling and color.Another design by Mr. Renwick that called for especial care in con-struction and detail is the Church of .Ml Saints, erected on
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SH A HISTORY OF REAL ESTATE, tlie northeast corner of jMadison avenue and 129th street, NewYork. The traceried rose and nuillioned windows, the i)innacles andgal)les. Iiave all been made of gray terra cotta. In iSjo tlie Xew Ynvk architects and builders certainly were notready for the reception or use of architectural terra cotta. and there-fore no ori^anized effort was maile at that time to manufacture it inthis vicinity: yet old clay-workers, such as John Stewart, of West18th street; Henry )\Iaurer, of East 23d street, Xew York; ami C.W. liovnton, of Woodbridge, X\ J., can very well remember that thesubject was submitted to them at the time, and that they agreedwith the architect who said it would not do to make any new at-tempts. The first American city to welcome architectural terra cotta workwas Cliicago. The \\estern metropolis teems with men who, likethe Athenians of old, are ever on the lookout for some new thing.The cost of stone, the rusting of iron and the danger of woodens

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