Designed by Charles Mellon in 1867 as a five story hotel
In the morning of a winter day, my bus arrived at the Port Authority Terminal much earlier than usual, and I decided to walk down to the office. I walked down as usual, which is to take Broadway. Soon after passed Korea Town, I found an interesting facade which I didn't remember whether I saw before or not. Taking almost half the block along the Broadway, This building is about five story low, but quite wide compared to others around it. Columns of bay windows were a strong character and overall proportion and the amount of decoration was well designed. Surely the existence of this building is more than strong enough to draw my attention and interest. Immediately I thought I wanted to pay more attention to these kind of hidden gems on the street. Not very much famous like those built by star-architects recently but have stood a long time bearing the history of all the changes around them with their own characters. This building is my first finding.
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