"Its delicate Renaissance-style exterior could just as well have clothed
an opera house, although the five colossal stacks gave it away."
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| Photo: New York City Municipal Archives, via NY Times |
Preservation groups are circling the deliciously decorated Con Ed
powerhouse at 11th Avenue and 59th Street, as the 1904 structure,
designed by Stanford White,
nudges up for a third time to landmark designation. At the same time, a
similar grand structure sits alone without fuss or bother, just working
hard in elegant industrial simplicity ...
Click here to read the full article by Christopher Gray, in which he looks both at the West Side's IRT Powerhouse and, across the island, at an East River contemporary.
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