Baudouine Building 1181 Broadway top crop

The Baudouine Building is a historic building at 1181–1183

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at the corner of West 28th Street in the

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neighborhood of

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. It was built from 1895 to 1896 as an office tower with street level store, replacing a hotel that had previously stood on the site, and was designed by

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in the

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. The building is notable for having a small Greco-Roman temple at the top, called "a little

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in the sky" by chairwoman Sherida E. Paulsen of the

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Dunlap, David W
"A Future for Madison Square's Past"
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'' (July 15, 2001) It has extensive decorative motifs including

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with lion heads over many windows. The Baudouine Building, which also carries the address 22 West 28th Street, lies within the

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created by the Commission in 2001.Postal, Mathew A.; Presa, Donald G.; et al
"NYCLPC Madison Square North Historic District Designation Report"

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(June 26, 2001)

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* Office buildings in Manhattan Broadway (Manhattan) Commercial buildings completed in 1896 {{Manhattan-struct-stub

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