New York Architectural Terra Cotta Works Building

"Under construction"

"Mobster Roy De Mayo used to dispose of bodies in trunks of cars by rolling them off that long gravel driveway into the river in the early 70s"

"Beautiful in the night!!!"

"Looks cool"

"Built in 1892, the building served as the main office headquarters of the New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company, New York's only major manufacturer of architectural terra cotta. For some 50 years terra cotta was a major building material in the United States and one which has a significant impact on the shape and form of New York's architecture. Architectural terra cotta gained popularity for its comparative low cost over stone, its ornamental possibilities, and its fireproof properties. Architectural terra-cotta as a building material - raw brick that is shaped into decorative forms, then fired - did not appear in quantity in the United States until the 1880's. In 1886, as a skyscraper boom swept the city, the New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company was established."