European Health Spa


March 10, 2004.

    The European Health Spa in Scarsdale is quite simply a Westchester architectural landmark, looking like nothing else in the area. The circular main building is raised on a pedestal and walled almost entirely by glass, and fronted by three "torches" and a statue of Atlas, minus his globe. The spa, built in 1969, was designed by Lee Underwood of Salt Lake City. Frank Sanchis cited the building in the publication "American Architecture: Westchester County, New York"  as "an unusual example" of a design mean to capture the eye of passing motorists.  

With Jupiter Rising.
March 10, 2004.

    The building has been vacant for a few years now, and misplaced shrubbery has overgrown the base of the Atlas statue, distracting the eye from the neat lines of the spa. The current owner announced plans to demolish the spa in 2001, and in its place build a 3 to 4-store shopping center. The old health spa may have survived a few extra years, but I won't be surprised to drive by one day and see and empty lot.
  

Atlas with the weight of the world relieved from his shoulders.
Startrails are from Saturn and the constellation Gemini.
March 10, 2004.

European Health Spa - daytime photos