The above photos are the original architectural drawings of the Corn Exchange building published in 1883. Unlike others found in the past, this one has the hand-printed colors on it so that one gets a sense of the design detail at the roof top. We are lucky enough to own the original and will gladly lend it out to any future developer of the site. See past post on this building that Harlem has been trying to save for the past thirty years: LINK. Photo property of Ulysses.
This building is a real beauty, 125th street’s very own Dakota building, this picture makes recent events more tragic.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Westsider, it really is Harlem's version of the Dakota. We did a story on the Octagon Building on Roosevelt Island a while back and it was amazing how they restored it with only the original ground floor standing. My hope is that it does not get that far and that the DOB stops the work until they figure out a better way to maintain the walls. The outer walls are reinforced now so the only danger is to have the walls collapse inward which really doesn't matter since it is an abandoned, open space.
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