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The Baudouine Building is a historic building at 1181-1183

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at the corner of West 28th Street in the

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neighborhood of

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. It was built from 1895-96 as an office tower with street level store, replacing a hotel that had previously stood on the site, and was designed by

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in the Classical Revival style. The building is notable for having a small Greco-Roman temple at the top, called "a little

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in the sky" by chairwoman Sherida E. Paulsen of the

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'' (July 15, 2001) It has extensive decorative motifs including escutcheons of anthemions with lion heads over many windows. The Baudouine Building, which also carries the address 22 West 28th Street, lies within the

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created by the Commission in 2001.Postal, Mathew A.; Presa, Donald G.; et al
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(June 26, 2001)

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* Office buildings in Manhattan Broadway (Manhattan) {{Manhattan-struct-stub Commercial buildings completed in 1896

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