Views of the Fireproof Building (100 Meeting Street)

Description

Group of B&W Polaroid photographs of the Fireproof Building (100 Meeting Street):

a: Corner view of the building showing the north (Chalmers Street) and west (Meeting Street) elevations. Also shows the street corner. Dated April 1958.

b-d: Views of the building from Washington Square Park showing the south and east elevations. Photo B* shows some disrepair (1957?). Photo C dated December 1957. Photo D dated 1960.

e-f: Views of the interior of the ground level (basement) arcade. Photo C dated April 1958. Photo D dated 1960.

g: Detail of the tops of the columns surmounted by their entablature and pediment.*

h: Detail of the ironwork and columns viewed from the interior of the basement arcade.*

*Photo B is the left-hand portion of a photo cut in half. Photo G is the top half of a photo cut in half. Photo H is a section of a cut photo.