The Fifth Avenue Association annually awards prizes for the best architectural work in building or restoration in the Fifth Avenue district. The prizes are coveted by famed architects.
The first prize this year was won by the new Saks building, 49th to 50th Streets on the East side of Fifth Avenue. The prize consists of a gold medal and diploma. The building is in the English Renaissance style.
The second prize was awarded to the extraordinary new structure of the American Radiator Co. on West 40th Street. It is a great black tower, looking not unlike a pile of coal, culminating in glowing gold and yellow, like the flames of an unbanked fire. One of its most notable features is its display basement, where stokers in uniform show heating appliances in actual operation in an elaborately decorative furnace room with a vaulted ceiling.
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