Jefferson Market Courthouse in New York

A Love Affair with a Landmark in Manhattan: An Arresting Drama in Greenwich Village. [Opinions expressed are the views of OLD JEFF unless attributed to other - - potentially less-reliable - - sources, i.e., newcomers who have not been around since 1832 on Sixth Avenue.]

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Jail & Courthouse: by Richard E. Howard

Alas, City Hall has abandoned this noble Sixth Avenue landmark, and left it handcuffed to a rotting wooden scaffolding. Here's a view of this architecturally distinguished judicial complex -- without the scaffold.
Artist Richard E. Howard's fascinating work [16.5"x22"] was done in tempera.