February 14, 2011

The Coty Building

Art Femenella has posted 2 videos on YouTube about The Coty Building in New York and the restoration of the Lalique Glass Facade. For some reason only part 2 is embeddable but here is the link to part 1 if you want to see that The Coty Building Part #1, Glass Facade Restoration

and see part 2 embedded here -

Here is a blog post about the Coty Building on Daytonian in Manhatton - The Windows that Saved a Landmark -- The 1908 Coty Building, 714 Fifth Avenue.

And a detail of the Lalique I found on Flickr, via creative commons from Paul_Lowry -

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Posted by Tom at February 14, 2011 08:38 AM