96th St Between Amsterdam Ave and Columbus Ave

   

Wide open, but lacking any other definable characteristics, this segment of 96th street seems like it should be filled with opportunistic retail shops, but instead offers a mixed bag of apartments and offices. With the exception of the bank-turn-CVS on the corner, none of the buildings along the block stand out for any particular reason.

Midway down the street the southern side of the block is dominated by a large apartment building (so big it has two addresses). This is the sort of building that also has dentist offices and parking garages built-in to the ground floor. However the harsh mid-century architecture looked more like a cheap knock-off of the Kips Bay Towers than anything you'd  actually want to live in.