Bonwit Teller

[1–5 East 56th Street, Manhattan, c. 1939–1941. From the NYC Municipal Archives Collections. Click for a much larger view.]

That’s Bonwit Teller, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 56th Street. Like the East Wing of the White House, it’s now gone. (Guess who!) Here’s the story, with ample documentation and the best photographs of the building’s bas reliefs I've seen. Those works of art are barely visible in this photograph.

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