Lebros Building

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255-foot, 20-story Neo-Classical office building completed in 1925. Designed by George and Edward Blum, it is clad in buff-colored brick above a 3-story limestone base. The longer north facade on 38th Street is seven bays wide, while the west facade on the avenue has five bays; there is a 1-window-wide bay at the chamfered northwest corner. THe main entrance is in the 3rd bay from the west on the north facade, framed in polished black stone and set under a wide round-arch and metal lettering spelling out "LEBROS BUILDING". To either side are storefronts; those on the left and the one immediately to the right are topped by metal vents, while those further west have three-pane transoms on top. The 2nd & 3rd floors have triple-windows in each bay, with narrow metal framing. The spandrel panels between the first two floors are stone, ornamented with small carved flowers-within-diamond shapes in the outer panels, and flowers-within-rectangles in the middle panels. The spandrels between the 2nd & 3rd floors are framed in light-colored stone, with darker, fluted centers flanked by columns of carved foliate ornament on each side. The base is capped by a band course with dentils at each bay.

The upper floors have uninterrupted brick piers and narrower pilasters dividing each bay into three windows. The spandrels are also brick, with a geometric pattern and stone sill. All but the westernmost bay set back above the 16th floor, with another setback at the 18th floor.

The west facade matches the north, with storefronts in all five ground-floor bays. The westernmost and northernmost bays of the two facades extend up to the 19th floor, creating a corner tower; the outer edges have a short angled section leading back to the set-back areas of the rest of the facades. There is a final setback across the full length of the building at the 19th floor. At each setback, the piers end in stone caps. At the chamfered corner, there is a retail entrance at the ground floor with a triangular pediment.