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7 West 18th Street (New York City, New York)

USA / New Jersey / West New York / New York City, New York / West 18th Street, 7
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9-story Renaissance-revival office building completed in 1897. Designed by Buchman & Deisler, it is clad in limestone, and has two flanking entrances around a storefront. The entrance in the western bay is distinguished by a carved limestone, arched hood, supported on brackets. The entrance in the eastern bay has a simply treated recessed panel over the doorway. The 2nd floor contains a band of windows, the width of the storefront, which maintain the original configuration of three, vertically-oriented, pairs of windows with transoms. There is a single window over each entrance. A stone cornice with carved fretwork caps the 2-story base. Above the 2nd floor, the facade is organized into five bays. The 4th through the 8th stories are treated as a recessed, 3-bay arcade between two end bays. There are single consoles above each window in the end bays of the 4th, 5th and 6th floors. Horizontals are emphasized with belt courses at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th and 9th floors. An ornate, bracketed and dentiled light-green metal cornice completes the composition.

The building has an exposed red brick elevation facing west, visible over the roof of 11-13 West 18th Street. A single window exists at the 8th floor. A water tower on a tall base sits on the roof.

Early tenants included Whittmore Brothers, frames, around 1902; Renyier Freres, gloves, around 1905; fur merchants around 1905-06; assorted cloak and suit businesses, around 1906; and a publisher, around 1909. The ground floor is occupied by Homenature home furnishings.
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Coordinates:   40°44'20"N   73°59'32"W
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