The Heckscher Building

One of New York's great early skyscrapers, captured in fine art — this photograph of the Heckscher Building brings one of Fifth Avenue's most distinguished landmarks into your home with all the elegance and ambition it embodies. The Heckscher Building, completed in 1921 at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, was designed by Warren & Wetmore — the same firm responsible for Grand Central Terminal — and was for a brief period the tallest building in New York. Built for the philanthropist August Heckscher, it is a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts tradition: its limestone facade rises with a confidence and refinement that speaks of an era when New York was asserting itself as one of the great cities of the world. F. Scott Fitzgerald famously used the building as the model for Tom Buchanan's office in The Great Gatsby. This photograph captures the building with the clarity and respect it deserves — a piece of New York architectural history and the golden age of the American skyscraper. Printed on Fuji Crystal Archive paper with optional acrylic glass or Alu-Dibond mounting for a gallery-quality finish.