A little “candy” for those fighting for the landmarked Corn Exchange Building. We have seen the former Mount Morris Bank Building incomplete and deteriorating in real time and as a fully complete building in sketches but rare is the photo of the building as it once was. Only on Harlem Bespoke will one find the complete collection of photos from circa 1920 and 1930 showing different views of the building from various vantage points. The top three photos provide a great side profile of the building with its stepped, pitched gable roof and chimneys peering from the avenue sides of the building. The last photo is the complete front facade of the building with its bay windows, parapets, miniature gables and multiple chimney stacks in full view on 125th Street.

Today, the roof is completely missing and no eyes have seen the complete building for about three decades. The structure reminds us of the Chelsea Hotel with all of its chimneys, peaks, parapets and red brick facade. And to the Architects who are working on putting it back together, note the original sketch is not true to the final design since the large, stepped pitched gable was added to the side street profile and missing from the original drawings. To read about the battle to save this building, see the original sketch and witness the current state of the building, by following the previous post: LINK