17 State Street, on former site of Seamen’s Church Institute, SE cor. Pearl St. 1987-1989.
42 Bond Street, bet. Lafayette St. and Bowery. Ca. 1880.
The shell of St. Ann’s Shrine Armenian Catholic Cathedral/originally 12th Street Baptist Church, 120 E. 12th St., bet, Third and Fourth Aves. Ca. 1847.
PATH/Port Authority Trans-Hudson Christopher Street Station/originally Hudson & Manhattan Railroad entrance, 137 Christopher St., bet Hudson and Greenwich Sts. N Side. 1912
Originally Westyard Distribution Center, Tenth Ave. bet. W.31st and W.33rd Sts. E side (aka 450 West 33rd Street). 1970. Davis, Brody & Assocs. Lobby upgrade 1990, Der Scutt.
Chrysler Bulding, 405 Lexington Ave., NE cor. E.42nd St. 1930. William Van Alen.
Trinity Cemetery, Amsterdam Ave. to Riverside Dr., W.153rd to W.155th Sts. Boundary walls and gates, 1876. Gatehouse and keeper’s lodge, 1883. Vaux & Radford. Grounds, 1881. Vaux & Co., landscape arch
P.S. 8, Luis Bernard School, 465 W.167th St., bet. Jumel Pl. and Amsterdam Ave. N side. 1996. Gruzen Samton.
Formerly Commandant’s House Quarters A, New York Naval Shipyard, S of Evans and Little Sts. (E of Hudson Ave.) 1805-1806. Apocryphally attributed to Charles Bulfinch, associated with John McComb, Jr.
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), 30 Lafayette Ave., bet Ashland Place and St. Felix St. 1908. Herts & Tallant. 718-636-4100. BAM Rose Cinemas, 1998. New canopies, 2008, Hugh Hardy/H3 Hardy Collaborati
Originally Charles Millard Pratt House/now Residence, Bishop of Brooklyn (Roman Catholic), 241 Clinton Ave., bet. DeKlb and Willoughby Aves. E side. 1890. William B. Tubby.
Beech Court (residential grouping), particularly Nos.3 and 10 Beech Court (houses), N of 14th Ave. bet. College Point Blvd. and 121st St.
Terminal Five (JetBlue). 2005-2009. Gensler, architects, with Arup. Interiors, The Rockwell Group.
Hunts Point Youth Center, 765 Manida St., bet. Lafayette & Spotford Aves. 2004. Hanrahan/Meyers.
The Hall of Fame for Great Americans, entrance on Hall of Fame Terr. 1892-1912. Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White.
Villa Charlotte Bronte, 2501 Palisade Ave., NW cor. Independence Ave. 1926. Robert Gardner.
Originally Gatehouse/altered into James Pietsch House, 101 Cebra Ave., bet. Ward Ave. and Rosewood Pl. N side. 1927. James Pietsch, builder.
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