Manhattan · NYC landmark
Stewart & Company Building
402-404 Fifth Avenue · Manhattan, New York City
A former retail-and-loft building with blue-and-white ceramic decoration inspired by English decorative arts.
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NYFE Summary
This building combined stores below with commercial lofts above as Fifth Avenue changed from a residential avenue into a shopping district. Mark Cross, the leather-goods maker, shared the ground floor with the clothing retailer that gave the building its name.
Blue-and-white terra-cotta panels recall Wedgwood ceramics and English decorative design. The ornament sits between broad groups of windows suited to a commercial building. Looking above the altered shops reveals the contrast between a practical frame and a carefully decorated front.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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