New Work Diggs

On Monday we moved into a new office space at 11 Madison. It's a magnificent landmark Art Deco building with an interesting (albeit stunted) history.

 












It was built during the great depression and was originally supposed to be the soaring skyscraper seen in the sketch on the right. But the building ran into financial trouble and they stopped building at the yellow arrow, resulting in the smaller tower seen on the left sketch. 


There's a magnificent lobby and although security would not let me take pictures, I managed to sneak one in:

Best of all though is the stunning view on the Empire State Building directly from my desk:

Actually, best of all is that 11 Madison, one of my favorite NYC restaurants is in the lobby...