Editing Puck Building (section)

==== Upper stories ====
[[File:Puck Building August 2024 007.jpg|thumb|The windows on the fourth through seventh stories. On the fourth story, each bay contains two windows, while on the floors above, the bays are split into groups of three.]]
On the third to seventh stories, the piers are narrower than on the lower stories.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> The third and fourth stories comprise a second tier of [[Arcade (architecture)|arcades]]. Within each bay, the third and fourth stories are composed of two double-height arches, each of which is half the width of the ground-level arches.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> The windows between the third and fourth stories are separated by patterned [[spandrel]] panels. Within each arched opening, there is a pair of [[sash window]]s on either story.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" /> Each pair of arches is separated vertically by a narrow brickwork pier with patterned [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]].<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> In addition, there are [[corbel]]s and brownstone sills running horizontally above the fourth story.<ref name="NYCL p. 6" />

The fifth through seventh stories of each bay comprise a third arcade. On these stories, each bay has three triple-height arches, each measuring one-third of the width of the ground-level arches.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> Within each arched opening, there is a single sash window on each of the fifth through seventh stories.<ref name="NYCL pp. 6–7">{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1983|ps=.|pages=6–7}}</ref> As with the third-and-fourth-story windows, each arch is divided by narrow brickwork piers with patterned capitals.<ref name="NYCL p. 6; NPS p. 2" /> At the sixth story of the building's northeast corner, the chamfer has a massive console bracket, which originally served as the base of a flagpole.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /><ref name="King 1892" /> A patterned brick course, corbels, a brownstone sill, and a [[cornice]] run horizontally above the seventh story of the original building.<ref name="NYCL pp. 6–7" />

The annex rises another two stories; the eighth and ninth stories of the annex form a separate arcade.<ref name="NYCL p. 7; NPS p. 2" /> On these stories, each bay contains three double-height arches, which are the same width as the arches on the fifth through seventh stories. A cornice runs horizontally above the ninth floor, and each of the piers rises slightly above the level of the cornice.<ref name="NYCL p. 7" /> Both the original building and the annex were originally topped by a [[parapet]]. The section of the parapet above the original building was removed by the late 20th century<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> but was restored in the 2010s.<ref name="Kusisto 2011">{{cite news |last1=Kusisto |first1=Laura |last2=De Avila |first2=Joseph |date=December 7, 2011 |title=City News: SoHo Landmark Posts Gains on Condo Plan |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204770404577082633712684206.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |page=A.25 |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|908719084}} |archive-date=February 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218160115/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204770404577082633712684206.html? |url-status=live }}</ref>