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Photograph of the decorative cornice of the landmark Bayard-Condict building by architect Louis Sullivan

Photograph of the decorative cornice of the landmark Bayard-Condict building by architect Louis Sullivan
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Photograph of the decorative cornice of the 1898 landmark Bayard-Condict building in Soho neighborhood of Lower Manhattan by pioneer American architect Louis Henri Sullivan, 1856-1924. A founder of the Chicago School of architecture, Louis Sullivan is called the father of modernism. Terracotta bas-relief sculpture angels decorate the cornice of the Bayard-Condict building at 65 Bleeker Street, and the steel structure is expressed with columns. Photograph by Nathan Benn taken February 23, 1988.

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Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New

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1898, Bayard, Bayard-Condict, Bleeker Street, Chicago School, Louis Sullivan, Nathan Benn, SOHO, american, architect, architecture, bas-relief, building, cornice, decorate, decoration, decorative, facade, landmark, lower Manhattan, modernism, photograph, sculpture, skyscraper, stock photo, terracotta

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