496 Broadway (New York City, New York)

USA / New Jersey / Hoboken / New York City, New York / Broadway, 496
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5-story office building completed in 1866. It has a dark grey-painted cast-iron ground floor with fluted Corinthian columns and pilasters. The upper floors are clad in tan stone with three bays of segmental-arched windows that grow progressively shorter at each floor. A stone cornice with corbelled feet runs below each floor. A black metal fire escape runs down the right two-thirds of the facade, which is topped by a black metal roof cornice with modillions and end brackets. The ground floor houses a Sunglass Hut location.
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Coordinates:   40°43'19"N   73°59'57"W
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