UTMC

Cool blog article about an abandoned building in Manhattan. Very pretty if you like architecture from an era when craftsmen were availiable to build nice things.

http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=2164

That is really amazing. Stranger still, that it has remained abandoned on such a prime Manhattan location for so long. The atrium alone makes restoration worthwile. I can't imagine the architectural hours that went into its design. Cool find.

Wow.

I like all the cast iron. Definitely mass-produced, but hand-finished, absolutely lovely. I love how they made the functional parts of the building pretty. These days, when a building goes up, it's almost always entirely functional with some pretty parts bolted on later.

Dude, that's gorgeous. Nice find.

--Jaeger

It is an awesome story- I loved it when I saw it on Gawker, Reddit and Facebook. I'd love to know the financial story behind the building's long vacancy. The property taxes paid on it over the years must run to eight figures. Maybe a church or other tax-exempt institution owned it.

Very cool

Link is dead.

"At the request of the building, the pictures have been removed from the site."

Wtf? Sorry...