Classy cornice on Columbia; or rather: nice frieze



Now here's something you don't see very often anymore. There's a new building almost complete on Columbia Street near Kane, map. (The one on the left.) Up on the top, you can see the building gets a name. Most of the buildings in the neighborhood with names tend to bear dates like 1904. But this one loks like 11-09-2007. (Is that part of the cornice? Is there a more specific architectural term for that? Francis, anyone?)

Update: Francis Morrone, in the comments, corrects: it's the frieze.



If you want to know how they came up with Valoroso, look no further than the construction sign on the fence:

Labels: brooklyn, nyc

- posted by Amy @ 5/11/2008 08:55:00 AM