Editing Park Row Building (section)

==== Park Row elevation ====
[[File:Park Row Building New York.jpg|thumb|left|Diagram of the building's Park Row elevation]]
The Park Row elevation is split into three vertical sections. The outer sections, or "end pavilions", each contain two window openings on the first through fourth stories, and three openings on the fifth story and above. The inner section is split into five [[Bay (architecture)|bays]] with a single window on each bay, and above the fifth story, is slightly recessed behind the outer sections.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /><ref name="NPS pp. 3-4">{{harvnb|National Park Service|2005|ps=.|pp=3–4}}</ref>

The first and second stories are largely a commercial storefront with bronze-and-glass infill, though two granite [[Doric order|Doric]]-style [[pilaster]]s from the original design remain extant, at the extreme outer ends of this elevation. The rest of the first and second stories was originally [[Articulation (architecture)|articulated]] with Doric pilasters and columns. The main entrance is composed of three glass-and-bronze doors underneath a glass-and-bronze [[Transom (architecture)|transom]], within a black Belgian granite surround.<ref name="NPS p. 3" /><ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> The first- and second-story facade to either side of the main entrance is slightly asymmetrical, with two pilasters to the north and three to the south. Secondary entrances also exist on either side of the main entrance.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /><ref name="NPS pp. 3-4" /> Bronze, gilded [[spandrel]]s separate the first and second stories. A granite Doric cornice runs above the second story.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /><ref name="NPS p. 4">{{harvnb|National Park Service|2005|ps=.|p=4}}</ref>

The third and fourth stories are clad with rusticated limestone. These floors both contain nine bays, and there is a belt course separating these stories. There are four large console [[Bracket (architecture)|brackets]] outside the third story, supporting large female figures on the fourth story; these brackets flank the third-outermost windows on either side.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /><ref name="NPS pp. 3-4" /> The brackets were designed by [[J. Massey Rhind]] and depict several facets of commerce.<ref name="NYCL p. 5" /> A small balustrade runs above the five center bays on the fourth story. The fifth story is clad with smooth limestone and has a large cornice with a frieze above it. There are recessed panels flanking the end pavilions on the fifth story, as well as between each of the five center bays on that story.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /><ref name="NPS pp. 3-4" />

Above the fifth story, the end pavilions are clad with brick that is patterned to look like rusticated stone. On the end pavilions, there are balconies on the 10th, 18th, and 27th floors, each supported by four brackets and highly ornamented. [[Keystone (architecture)|Keystones]] above the 10th story windows of the end pavilions are ornamented with lions' heads. In the center section, terracotta pedestals separate each bay of the 6th story, supporting pilasters that span the 7th through 9th stories. Pilasters also separate each of the center bays on the 11th–13th, 14th–16th, and 18th–21st floors, while rectangular panels separate the 17th-floor center windows; each set of pilasters is separated by friezes. Angled balconies extend from the center bay on the 11th and 23rd floors. A decorative band extends horizontally between the 22nd and 23rd floors. The windows on the 23rd floor contain thick pedestals that support terracotta Doric columns spanning the 24th through 26th stories. A cornice with lions'-heads ornamentation rises above the 26th story.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /><ref name="NPS p. 4" /> There is a 27th story above the center section topped with sheet-copper balls.<ref name="NPS p. 4" /> The 27th story contains no ornamentation other than [[engaged column]]s between brick walls, and contains a round addition above it.<ref name="NYCL p. 7">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1999|ps=.|p=7}}</ref> The ceiling of the 27th story is lower within the towers than in the space between the towers.<ref name="EN p. 227" />