Lewittes Building

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189-foot, 16-story office building originally completed in 1914. Designed by William H. Gompert, it was built in two stages, with the northern section added in 1926. Both are clad in buff-colored brick above a 3-story limestone base. The newer section has three bays of single-windows, while the older south section has five bays, with paired windows in the middle bay. The south facade on 33rd Street is six bays wide, all with paired windows which are narrower in the end bays.

The base is painted at the ground floor, with the main building entrance at the north bay of the original section, with an Art-Deco light-grey stone surround, in turn surrounded by black and pale green polished stone. There are storefronts on either side. At the east end of the south facade is a service entrance; the two bays to the left have a storefront clad in multi-hued, tan, rough stone. On this side, the 2nd floor has large double-windows divided by black metal mullions with slender columns overlaid, and narrow paired windows in the end bays. The 2nd floor at the west facade has a band of five window panes in the center, flanked by narrow single-windows in the end bays, and a band of four windows in the north section. The tops of all the piers are decorated at the 2nd floor by simple circles. The 2nd floor is capped by a cornice, except at the north addition, which has a simpler band course.

The 3rd floor, also in stone, has three windows at the north section; the original west facade has paired windows in the middle bay, and single-windows in the other bays (with those in the end bays being slightly narrower). The piers around the end bays are paneled. On the south facade the 3rd floor has paired windows in each bay, with the same narrow windows and paneled piers in the end bays. A band course caps the 3rd floor.

The upper floors follow the same fenestration pattern, with stone sills in the middle bays and brick sills at the end bays. A cornice above the 13th floor sets off the top section. It continues as below on the north addition, but on the original west building facade, the 14th & 15th floors' middle bays are grouped together, recessed within stone surrounds and separated by fluted Ionic columns. The top floor is crowned by a green copper bracketed and dentiled roof cornice with finials at the top, aligning with each pier.

The north elevation is clad in reddish-brown brick, with six bays of windows (mostly singles, some doubled). The ground floor is occupied by Trenta Tre Pizzeria, a 7-Eleven convenience store, and Ravagh restaurant.