Arch 101: Apartments at Hicks, Baltic & Warren
You gotta love this building (and its interior courtyard). Built in 1878, the Tower Building, as it is known, is considered an example of Romanesque Revival architecture. To our unstudied eye, however, it feels a good deal more ornate than what we traditionally associate with the Romanesque tradition. Sure there are the rounded arches, but the design feels too light and the details (particularly the ornate ironwork) too fanciful to fit neatly in that box. Plus wasn’t the Victorian style still popular at this date? What do people who actually know something about architecture think? GMAP
Feb 13, 2012 | 10:33 AM