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The window bays of this 1899 private club are the carved sterns of ships, sailing on a sea of sculpted waves.
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Emery Roth’s 1930 Art Deco masterpiece is a sophisticated adaptation of Renaissance forms. The twin towers hide water tanks.
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The first New York building by Mies van der Rohe is this landmark “glass box” with slender bands of bronze amid walls of smoked glass rising from the horizontal open plaza. The materials in the glass-walled lobby by Philip Johnson help blur the division between indoor and outdoor space. The Four Seasons Restaurant, offering American cuisine, lies within.
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This Neo-Gothic church has a painted vaulted ceiling.
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A contemporary church built in Byzantine style.
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Five onion domes mark this Russian Baroque church.
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James Renwick, Jr. designed America’s largest Catholic cathedral (built in 1878) in French Gothic style with twin 330-ft (100-m) towers. The interior has side altars dedicated to saints and holy figures, chapels, and stained-glass windows.
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Built in 1767–8, this church has a glorious Georgian interior lit by Waterford chandeliers. The pew where George Washington prayed after his inauguration as president has been preserved (see St. Paul’s Chapel).
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Byzantine windows were added to this 1856 church.
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The goldleaf dome was inspired by the churches of Armenia.
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