Former New York Evening Post Building

History and architecture

This fourteen-story building, designed by Robert D. Kohn, is a steel-framed structure veneered with stone. It is a fine example of the rarely used Art Nouveau Style which began in Europe at the turn of the century. This building is also notable as the home of the New York Evening Post while it was under the ownership of Oswald Garrison Villard.

The building is particularly interesting because, although Art Nouveau in inspiration, it is not copied from any particular building executed in that style. It is primarily a free expression of the architect's individuality. In general appearance its ornament, windows and copper roof are more Continental than American and are reminiscent of the boulevards of Paris. The four elongated sculptured figures on the front of the building provide a striking, vertical emphasis. Two of them are the work of Gutzon Borglum.