Evil eagles of 10th Street and University Place

These are some devilish-looking eagles—or turkeys, or griffins?—carved into the corner of Devonshire House, a 1928 Emery Roth building dripping with Gothic details and family crests.

Devonshire House underwent condo conversion in 2008. Hard to believe that for 60 years, this pre-war gem in prime Greenwich Village was a rental.

Tags: classic prewar buildings, Devonshire Greenwich Village, Devonshire House, gothic buildings in Greenwich Village, Gothic details NYC buildings, grotesques on NYC buildings, University Place New York City

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