Some photos of the Wanamaker Store Annex, which takes up a full block between Broadway & Lafayette and 8th & 9th Sts., and now has a Kmart at the Lafayette end.Wikipedia says that James Cagney worked there as a Package Wrapper.
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The building's surface material (closeup above left) doesn't seem like anything special, and looks patched and downright phony in places, but it absolutely loves the light. The same stuff is used on the building at the corner of Park Ave. So. and 17th St. on Union Square, above right, but there's no magic there.
I took the top two photos here on one day, the bottom three on a darker day.
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[ Much warmer: Wanamaker Store Annex 2 ]
