It has also seen a new building built behind the original listed facade and the restoration of the domed ceiling in the Picton Reading Room, which was constructed in 1875.

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Though it was built in 1943, it sports a faux late-Victorian facade (added by Vos) that gives way to a spacious waiting room where ceiling fans rotate above potted palms.

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The building at 224 E. 14th St. looks like any other on the block, but a section of the brownstone-finished facade folds into Mr. Peterson's apartment to create an open-air living room.

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