On the northwest corner of 14th Street and Fifth Avenue sits 90
Fifth Ave, an 11-floor building constructed in 1902 by Buchman and
Fox. It's currently home to a bank and a couple of news
organizations.
Before the current building was erected, the corner was home to
the armory of the Old Guard of the City of New York, an independent
military organization descended from the first fully equipped and
uniformed unit of the New York State Militia.
The Old Guard's membership was composed of U.S. Army veterans,
and these former soldiers would carry out ceremonial duties around
the city.