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Here's a great shot taken (by our friend Jim) from the roof of our building at sunset, facing west. This is the Studebaker Building, across the street and kitty-corner from our apartment:
It's hard to see the detailing in this photo, so here are some facts from Lost Brooklyn (scroll down ito read more or see other photos):
"...Built in 1920, the Studebaker Building is one of the few automobile showrooms remaining on Brooklyn's once thriving Automobile Row....The Studebaker Building still has the original terra-cotta design inscribed with the name 'Studebaker' in black cursive on a diagonal banner across the wheel emblem, an image that was used by the corporation on buildings all over the U.S."
A second website states that the bottom two floors were converted to apartments in 2000, but it appears to us that people are living on every floor. We're watching to see if someone moves out--we would so relish those enormous, curved windows in the corner units!
Posted by ayelet at June 1, 2008 09:32 AM