Diamond Building (New York City, New York)

 office building, Gothic revival (architecture), apartment building, 1860s construction

5-story Gothic-revival mercantile building completed in 1864. It is named for the Diamond Shoe Corporation, who acquired and renovated the building in 1926. It extends through the block to join with a facade Duane Street (they were joined by architect Irving M. Fenichel in 1926) and was again renovated in 2004 with the upper floors containing a mix of office and residential units. The building has a facade on Thomas Street of octagonal white stone columns supporting arches on the ground floor as well as the 3rd & 5th floors. The windows in between have black metal mullions and framing. The ground floor on Thomas Street is occupied by Megu restaurant.

The Duane Street facade is light grey stone at the base, with glass blocks topping the ground-floor storefronts. The 2nd floor is also stone, with large tripartite windows with rounded corners and panels in stone below. The upper floors are clad in brown brick, with narrow piers separating the large, multi-paned tripartite windows. An interesting roof parapet of short extruded piers and an arcade of small arches crowns the facade. The ground floor on Duane Street is occupied by Blaue Gans restaurant.