The Hills Building - Syracuse, NY
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N 43° 02.933 W 076° 08.964
18T E 406388 N 4766884
This building uses the economical Art Deco, but has Gothic elements.
Waymark Code: WMVQW6
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2017
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"The sleek soaring corner tower, designed by Melvin King, connects with its new Art Deco neighbor in form and height, but it also nods to the historicist architecture of Montgomery Street, especially the rich Gothic Revival cathedrals. In the Hills Building, King emphasized its verticality with uninterrupted rising pilasters that create an almost Gothic Deco, and he included Gothic-like detailing the ground floor retail facades, in the high-up gargoyle that extends toward the Montgomery-East Fayette intersection, and in the deocrative application of cast stone (?) shields above the second floor (carrying images of the Zodiac) and at the very top of the tower."
"The Hills Building is named after the local real estate magnate Clarance A. Hills...switched from the classical style to the popular and more economical Art Deco."