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✎ Built in 1916-17 to provide studios and residences for professional artists — the apartments & studios have different street façades. Designed by famed architect Cass Gilbert, the principal elevations are embellished with late Gothic and Neo-Classical motifs executed in rough buff-colored brick and molded terra cotta. Cast iron canopies, inspired by medieval choir stalls, project from between the bays of double-height windows. The building, named to honor the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, was converted to commercial use in 1968 and designated a New York City landmark in 1988.

In 2006-2007, the firm of Nicholson & Galloway was hired to perform a full exterior façade restoration at a cost of more than $2 million. The firm completely removed the existing terra cotta cornice and replaced it with new structural steel and new glass fiber reinforced concrete units.  Three corners of building were reconstructed with new terra cotta brick units and reinforced steel.  Approximately 400 pieces of failed terra cotta were replaced with new matching cast stone units. Upon completion of the extensive restoration, the building was sold to The Feil Organization (one of New York City’s oldest family-owned real estate companies) for $125.7 million.

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