Anders Celsius

jack: 20th Dec 2006 - 15:12 GMT

its spooky the way he just gazes down. good find. there's probably so many building sculptures in the city that we just walk by and ignore.

little ukraine: 20th Dec 2006 - 17:06 GMT

this is definitely one of those buildings i'd walked past many, many times before one day looking up and seeing this fellow looking back at me. there are several busts on that building; you can see another on the left in this photo.

this is not any institute, that i know of. in fact I don't recall what the building is... some sort of community gathering place from long ago. it is on second avenue just north of st. marks. i'm not really ever in that area anymore, so if anyone happens to be walking around there and they want to find out what the building is, let us know!

colavitos ghost: 20th Dec 2006 - 17:39 GMT

that guy's stare is basically saying to us all, "why the f*ck do you aholes use the gdamn fahrenheit scale?!?!"

colavitos ghost: 20th Dec 2006 - 17:39 GMT

wait, i just wikipedia'd anders celsius; i don't think that's him...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Celsius

little ukraine: 20th Dec 2006 - 18:46 GMT

yeah, I saw that, the bust and the picture on wikipedia are not very similar. but can you think of any other celsius that it would be?

Beadle and Tatum: 20th Dec 2006 - 20:35 GMT

Yeah, I think they must have got celcius and cicero mixed up.

Tyfoid Kid: 21st Dec 2006 - 15:44 GMT

It's cool either way. I love cool details like this on buildings. You have to imagine the meeting where they decide to put heads on the building and then who's heads.

anon (localhost): 15th Jan 2007 - 02:21 GMT

I think this building was a library when I was a kid.

little ukraine: 18th Jan 2007 - 03:54 GMT

wandered past this building tonight and got some info on it- it is the ottendorfer branch of the nypl.

http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/man/otinfo.html

"The Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library opened in 1884 as New York City's first free public library. Designed by German-born architect William Schickel, this landmark building combines Queen Anne and neo-Italian Renaissance styles with an exterior ornamented by innovative terracotta putti."

As you might imagine, with this being in area of the East Village that was once Kleinedeutschland, many of the original volumes in this library were in German.

joey: 6th Feb 2007 - 22:52 GMT

in case you need it, www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm

joey: 20th Feb 2007 - 06:02 GMT

i always visit Anders Celsius when it's in, from the archives

little ukraine: 9th May 2008 - 18:38 GMT

looks like this building is for sale..
http://curbed.com/archives/2008/04/09/east_village_landmark_hits_market_as_mansion.php