Some of the faces carved into city buildings are beautiful and peaceful. Others, like these, seem pained and distressed. What’s the story behind their expressions and why they’re paired up? If only we knew.
In the West Village, this man and woman are locked in a gloomy stare:
Troubled spirits East of Union Square:
On the facade of the Camelot, a tenement in the South Bronx, these two have never actually seen each other: