821 Broadway (New York City, New York)

 office building, 1907_construction

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11-story office building completed in 1907. Designed by Samuel Sass, the building's most notable feature is the rounded corner with its 2-window bays. The Broadway facade has two bays of triple-windows, and the 12th Street facade spans three triple-window bays, with two single-window end bays. It has a 2-story base, with curved window panes at the rounded corner on the ground floor. The base is composed of dark-green cast-iron and glass. At the 2nd floor the cast-iron piers are paneled and have stylized capitals supporting a broad stone cornice. The far western bay is clad in limestone, with a metal vent at the 2nd floor. Below, the main entrance is also clad in stone, set behind rather stout paired and staggered columns on granite bases, and with stylized capitals. They support a large round-arch with rough stone impost blocks. On either side, fluted/spiral columns frame a stone balustrade above the arch.

The upper floors are clad in red brick. The middle bays at the 3rd-4th floors are framed by 2-story thin stone columns with small Corinthian capitals. The spandrels have have red brick with three panels in the center, an intricate carved stone band atop the brick, and stone sill and lintel bands at the bottom and top. The spandrels on the floors above have the same design, minus the band of carved stone. Within each bay, the windows are divided by black iron mullions. The 4th floor is capped by a carved stone cornice.

The 5th-9th floors are mainly the same as below, but without the narrow framing columns. The bays are capped at the 9th floor by round-arches springing from stylized capitals on the brick piers. Another carved stone cornice sets off the top two floors, which has individual bays of windows, each capped by a round-arch at the 11th floor. A black dentiled roof cornice crowns both facades, wrapping around the rounded corner.

The upper portions of the west and north elevations are clad in plain brown brick, with windows on the north side. The ground floor is occupied by Pret A Manger restaurant.