330 Seventh Avenue

 office building, high-rise, 1928_construction

253-foot, 21-story Art-Deco office building completed in 1928. Designed by Schwartz & Gross, it is articulated into two masses. The southern one is wider, and clad in darker brown brick, while the northern one has lighter buff-colored brick, both above a 3-story 4-story limestone bases.

The north section is organized into three bays on the east facade, with the main entrance in the southern of these bays. It has steel-framed glass double-doors next to a curved window, below a steel canopy. The northern two bays have glass-and-metal storefronts. The two middle piers separating the bays are vertically striped at the lower three floors, and the spandrels between these floors have five panels of geometric leafy shapes in each bay. The 2nd & 3rd floors have tripartite windows (with large center panes on the 2nd floor that are split into double-windows on the 3rd floor), each bay surmounted by a row of five small, square panes, all set in limestone framing. The 4th floor is transitional, set off by a band course. It has tripartite windows with metal framing, and the piers are brick with stone banding. The 4th floor is capped by a terra-cotta band and cornice with dentils.

The base of the south section is formed by ends bays around a wide middle area. The south bay has a recessed secondary entrance with a tall glass door between narrow windows, covered by a small steel canopy. The south part of the middle section has a storefront of black cast-iron and glass, with paneled pilasters and a patio seating area in front. The north side has been renovated, and is now connected with the north end bay, containing a storefront of white stone that consists of an entrance with glass double-doors at the south, and two show-window bays to the north (the northern one wider). The 2nd & 3rd floors have the wide middle area with wide bands of windows in black metal framing, articulated as a 5-window band in the center, and a double-window at each end that is separated by a thin, fluted stone pilaster. The end bays have tripartite windows. All of these windows have separate upper transom panes, and metal louvers replace some of the window panes in the south end bay. There are paneled stone spandrels below each bay on both floors. The 4th floor is transitional, set off by a band course, and consists of three closer-to-equal width bays with stone piers that have brick panels within them. The end piers are much wider than the two in the middle, with larger brick panels. The middle bay has five windows, with the outer two each have four; the southernmost window in the south bay is replaced by a recessed shaftway with a metal railing that continues on the upper floors as well. The base is capped by a similar dentiled band to that on the north section, but with shields flanked by garlands at each pier.

The upper floors of the south section have three bays of four windows each, divided by black metal mullions. They have stone sills and thin brick lintels. The upper floors of the north section have three bays of three windows with the same mullions, sills, and lintels. The top floors vary at both sections. The south section's 15th floor has punched windows with wider, brick mullions, and brick panels on the piers. It is topped by a modillioned and dentiled cornice. The outer bays are slightly set back above the 15th floor, and the end piers narrow at the 17th floor, creating a temple-like form at the center bay of the 16th-17th floors, which is topped by a dentiled triangular pediment with a shield of both piers. The top floors set farther back at the north bay and center bay above the temple, while the south bay extends up vertically to the 19th floor before a setback.

The top floors of the north section have shallow setbacks at most floors, with the north end bay narrowing toward the top. The piers are decorated at the 15th floor, which is topped by a swagged stone cornice. Cornices with varying patterns also top the setback at the other floors.

The north facade on 29th Street spans six bays, with storefront windows on the ground floor in the eastern five. The west bay has a freight entrance with a red metal door and grey metal double-doors below a row of five windows. The upper floors all match their counterparts on the east facade of the north section. The four eastern bays set back above the 16th floor, and the other two above the 18th.

The north end of the west elevation is clad in red brick, with a bay of double-windows spaced every other floor until the 14th, when the appear at each floor above. The ground floor is occupied by The Triple Crown bar & grill, Witch Topokki restaurant, and City MD Urgent Care.