David Whitney Building - Old photos
David Whitney Building
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The Whitney Building's original exterior had an ornate classical design.
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The original exterior of the David Whitney Building
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Looking south down Woodward and Washington Boulevard at the Whitney about 1928. Hudson's is at back left.
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The Whitney in 1965
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The Whitney Building in 1956.
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The Whitney Building in 1956. Note the sanitation department worker and his cart at bottom right.
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The Whitney Building in 1917, two years after it opened.
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The David Whitney Building about 1920 with its original exterior
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A close-up view of the David Whitney Building's original Classical details, as seen from the Statler Hotel.