On Tuesday I had the occasion to be down by Carnegie Hall on West 57th Street for a concert. I was waiting around for the Box Office to open, and having lots of time, my attention was drawn to the building across the street that used to be the home of CAMI -- Columbia Artists Management, an international musical talent agency. It's a beautiful old edifice, with a huge apartment on the upper stories. Apparently, it's had quite the artistic history. (That building to the right in the photo is now an empty lot -- another of the NYC skyscrapers is due to be built there.)
Having a weird interest these day in building adornments, I was really struck by the ornamentation on the upper levels.
Does anyone else find it slightly odd that there are a series of skulls on a building that had such a storied past AND is across from Carnegie Hall? It's just a little eerie.