the 10-story facade of the building is split into three layers: the first-and-second-floor limestone base, the brick-bonded facade of the third through eighth floors, and the terracotta-faced ninth and tenth floors. the ninth- and tenth-floor facade is designed to look like a colonnade with the windows located in recessed bays between the "columns" of the colonnade. these "columns" are spaced at intervals of . the chamfered corner at fifth avenue and 38th street, which intersected at a 45-degree angle with each facade, was a visual element that united the fifth avenue and 38th street elevations. the chamfer is clad with terracotta below the eighth floor and blends with the colonnade wrapping around the ninth- and tenth-floor facades. the section of the facade that wraps around the holdout lot is windowless and undecorated.