160 Waverly Place

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6-story Renaissance-revival residential building completed in 1906. Designed by Kurtzer & Rentz. The stone doorway has carved pilasters supporting brackets which carry the stone balcony that serves as the lowest level of the fire escape. This balcony is, in effect, a projection of the horizontal stone band course which runs across the building. The windows of the entrance floor are framed with keyed stonework at the sides. The 6-bay red brick facade is given a similar treatment with quoins simulated in brick extending up the corners and breaks at the front of the building. The windows at the four intermediate stories have high, splayed lintels of stones alternated with radial bricks. For emphasis, the two outer windows at the fourth floor are crowned with broken arched pediments of stone. The top story has a rusticated treatment in brick and is surmounted by a high cornice.