I'm kind of obsessed with this office building and thought I'd share it with my fellow yelpers. This is seriously the wackiest office building I've ever been in. See all my photos to witness it's retro charms.
My first visit I took the stairs up to the 4th floor...y'know being all healthy and stuff. But I'll never try that again. I fell twice. Why? because the treads are not standard rises, so just when you think you've got the height down it changes. AND when you get up to 4 there's what looks like the cover to a pickup truck bed blocking access to the roof. Also, I love the terrazzo floors!
So to review, I did a little digging...while there is an Anytime Fitness in the retail space on the first floor, the pre-K home of Barto Appliances btw, at one point it was a florist which says established in the 1930s. Evidently Mrs. Bottinelli opened her florist shop in the middle of the cities of the dead to get the last minute funeral/grave business.
I thought the building was on the corner of North Anthony but on this side of Canal it's actually called Bottinelli Place and what a strange assortment of businesses are located here: 1 double shotgun (early 20th century vintage), a building that has turned turrets that looks like a church, and an assortment of other buildings that could be anything from more offices, to residences, to I don't know what.
Seriously take a drive by and see what I'm talking about. read more