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Electrical Products Building
New York World's Fair 1939
Date: 1939
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer:Exposition Souvenir Corporation, Grinnell Litho Company (#A-30)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: With its modern tower, the Electrical Products Building is one of the outstanding structures along the Street of Wings. The fascinating role of the many electrical servants of home and factory is dramatized by numerous interesting exhibits within its walls. Architects: Walker and Gillette
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THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS BUILDING, NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939
Date: 1939
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer: (#W.F.45)
Postmark: June 27, 1939, New York, New York
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The Electrical Products Building, New York World's Fair is a rainbow of colors glowing across the World of Tomorrow. The Electrical Products Buildings is in the "Blue Sector" with a mural hint of "Wonders" displayed behind its portals. The oddly shaped pylon at the left is an outstanding feature of the building. Architects: Walker and Gillette.
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
The Consulate General of Italy, formerly the Henry P. and Kate T. Davison House, at 690 Park Avenue, was built by Walker & Gillette in 1917. The northern terminus of four landmark townhouses on this block, called Pyne-Davison Blockfront due to the uniform architectural quality, this English Georgian-style brick house was erected as a residence for Henry Pomeroy Davison, one of the founders of the Bankers Trust and a partner of J.P. Morgan. The building remained a residence some time after his death. Marshall Field, Anson W. Burchard, Henry the thirt-third, Prince of Reuss and Harry Payne Bingham all lived there. In 1952 it was converted into the Italian consulate.
The Henry P. and Kate T. Davison House was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1970.
National Register #80002708 (1980)
The Consulate General of Italy, formerly the Henry P. and Kate T. Davison House, at 690 Park Avenue, was built by Walker & Gillette in 1917. The northern terminus of four landmark townhouses on this block, called Pyne-Davison Blockfront due to the uniform architectural quality, this English Georgian-style brick house was erected as a residence for Henry Pomeroy Davison, one of the founders of the Bankers Trust and a partner of J.P. Morgan. The building remained a residence some time after his death. Marshall Field, Anson W. Burchard, Henry the thirt-third, Prince of Reuss and Harry Payne Bingham all lived there. In 1952 it was converted into the Italian consulate.
The Henry P. and Kate T. Davison House was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1970.
National Register #80002708 (1980)
First National City Bank of New York on Broadway between Canal and Lispenard Streets. Walker and Gillette, completed in 1927 in Art Deco/ Style Moderne style, moving away from the classical style of other branches of the bank at the time. Architectural critic for The New Yorker, Lewis Mumford, approved saying “The note of modernism pervades this structure…and is splendidly successful. The building now contains a range of shops.
aka Bank of America Building
111 Westminster Street
As of this typing, 95 years old, and STILL the tallest building, not only in Providence, but in all Rhode Island.
428 feet, 26 floors.
Oh, but it's been vacant since 2013. Ugh.
Designed by the New York based partnership of Alexander Stewart Walker (1876–1952) and Leon Narcisse Gillette (1878–1945).