ALO Yoga (New York City, New York)

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3-story Beaux-Arts office building completed in 1918. Designed by Starrett & Van Vleck as a store-and-loft building, it is faced in limestone and brick. The 3-story base of the building is flanked by triple-height pilasters supporting a stone entablature with a projecting cornice. The frieze is flanked by roundels containing sculpted lion's heads.

The 2nd floor contains a large tripartite metal-framed window separated by metal mullions. Each multi-pane window is covered in a grid of metal squares and diamonds. Above a metal spandrel panel, the 3rd floor contains four windows separated by metal mullions, each containing five panes with two casement windows flanking a fixed pane in the center. Resting on a cornice, the 4th floor contains three window openings, each with four panes (three vertical topped by a horizontal pane). Behind a narrow stone parapet with green copper coping, a skylight slopes away from the facade. Faced in buff-colored brick, an addition containing a band of multi-pane steel sash windows is set further back from the building line.

The building had been occupied since the 1970s by the Knights of Pythias. It was then used by the American Institute of Graphic Arts until it was sold in 2014. The ground floor was occupied by Bandier women's sportswear but is now ALO Yoga.