April 15, 2007


Rain Comes Down — And So Does Scaffolding

Two buildings downtown have shed their scaffolding this past week or so, giving us a peek at new facades. The first is Lookout Hill Condo on State Street, where the blue-green plastic is out in full force:

lookout hill condos

Check out a not-so-subliminal religious message from 63 Schermerhorn below.

63 Schermerhorn was recently revealed in all its glory:

63 schermerhorn facade

The street-level facade contains a not-so-subtle religious symbol:

63 schermerhorn 2

Turns out, this building was built on the site of a beautiful historic church that was German Evangelical Lutheran–but the church couldn’t find a developer who would save the original building. Was this the compromise?



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  1. [...] former church site at 63 Schermerhorn whose facade boasts a big old cross is having its baptism, confirmation, or what have you — [...]

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