Monica Morales of News Channel 4, WNBC is on her toes. She caught me taking her picture from way across the avenue. At least I think that’s who this is.
www.wnbc.com/meetthenewsteam/5518456/detail.html

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I switched this video from YouTube to Google Video. It is better in quality, but still not anywhere near as clear as the original. I’m not sure why.
Update: I wrote the above prior to Google finishing processing the video (adding the image displayed when first displayed on the blog). The image quality now seems [...]

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Could this be Fred?
551 FIFTH AVENUE (N.E. corner at 45th Street)
Architect: Sloan & Robertston
Developer: Fred F. French
Erected: 1927
“The building’s astylar detailed complemented its three-dimensional complexity. Possibly the first skyscraper to have a flat roof, its straightforward water tank enclosure blazed with vividly polychromed faience panels that terminated the shaft without resorting to historical motifs.”
thecityreview.com

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