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A detail photograph of the top of a skyscraper taken from a low angle. Horizontal bands of blue-gray windows alternate with continuous strips of blue-green terra cotta tiles. The company name is spelled out in large white terra cotta letters at the apex: “McGRAW-HILL.” Narrow lines of bright orange and small areas of tan adorn the facade. Boxy shapes at either end of the roof sign provide additional ornament.

McGraw-Hill Building

1930–1931
Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux
330 West 42nd Street, New York, NY

Instead of walking down a drab stone-lined street, one will be enlivened by the drastic change of color schemes. —Raymond Hood

Hassan Bagheri
McGraw-Hill Building, 2019
© Hassan Bagheri