95th St Between West End Ave and Amsterdam Ave

There are at least two rather strange structures you'll encounter walking down this block. The first is an out-of-place example of (what I would assume to be) German architecture which runs along 95th for several hundred feet. Complete with stonework, stucco and exposed timbers the building looks to be pre-war. I couldn't tell for sure but the strange (and unidentifiable – Google was no help) building appears to house apartments. With expensive high-rises all around, it's so incredible to see something like this without so much as a plaque to explain itself.

Further down the line in the middle of Broadway you'll find something far more identifiable: the new headhouse for the renovated 96th Street 1,2,3 station. With a unique swooping glass & steel design the new entrance shares visual cues from other modern Subway projects (such as South Ferry and Bowling Green), but gives the design its own twist.