Fashion Tower - Garment District - Manhattan
The fifth, sixth, and seventh floors of the 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 at 135 W 36th Street are shown here. The lower floor has a series of smaller windows surrounded by Romanesque architraves. The larger arched windows on the seventh floor each have polychrome terra cotta spandrals displaying a woman looking in a mirror at left and a woman holding a spindle of wool or cotton thread at right.
The 17-story building, completed in in 1922, was designed by architect Emory Roth.
Most people, New Yorkers and visitors alike, view the Garment District as dull and gray, grim even. But architecturally, at least, the Garment District can be interesting and even whimsical. Keep a sharp lookout upward as you walk through the District and you'll find trolls, grotesques, and mascarons. You'll also find a variety of old-fashioned craftsmanship, from intricate bricklaying to marble, granite, and terra-cotta sculpture.
