"You could spend hours taking in the visual feast that is the New York Academy of Medicine building on Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street. Completed in 1926, it’s a blend of Romanesque and Byzantine styles with an exterior complete with Latin quotes, figures of gods and goddesses, and some impressive gargoyles and bas reliefs—all apparently relating to health and medicine. ..."
Ephemeral New York
Asclepius and Hygeia (top image) are carved into the grand entrance on 103rd Street.
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