The Towers · May 1929
Woodstock Tower
320 East 42nd Street
What is true
A 23-storey apartment-hotel, guarded by a carved unicorn gargoyle.
What it became
The unicorn turns its stone head when the sign flickers. People who notice are never quite sure they did.
The unicorn that turns
A stone unicorn guards Woodstock. When the sign flickers, watch its head — sometimes it turns to look at you. Catch it three times. Trust your eyes.
It turned, and this time it held your gaze. “Now you can never un-see it. — That's how you know it's real.” — Wren