New York Terra-Cotta Works Building (New York City, New York)

 interesting place, historic landmark, Renaissance Revival (architecture)

The New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Works Building housed the headquarters of New York's only major manufacturer of architectural terra cotta. It was designed c. 1902 the Renaissance Revival style by Francis H. Kimball For some 50 years, terra cotta was a major building material, which had a significant impact on the shape and style of many New York City buildings. The Works Building incorporated many of the products manufactured by the company, such as chimney pots, tiles, moldings, lintels and corbels, thus it served as a veritable catalog of the firm's art and it is the only one of its kind known to survive in the United States.

Business continued through the mid-1940s at the two-story structure and the manufacturing works on the waterfront site adjacent to the Queensborough Bridge. Later the Works Building itself served as the office of a construction company until 1968. The kilns and other production facilities were demolished in 1976 and the Works Building gradually fell into disrepair over the years. Silvercup Studios{Sex and the City, The Sopranos} had plans to create a studio, office and residential complex on the site. But a decision by the New York Power Authority to put a two-turbine generating plant next door jeopardized the building's future.

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