Circa 1905  //  ARCHITECT: Schwartz & Gross  //  BUILDER: Undetermined   Schwartz and Gross who designed these two buildings, were amongst the most prolific of all the architects working in the residential field in NYC during the first half of the 20th Century. Until now, most of...

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: Sugarman & Berger  //  BUILDER: Golding Brothers   I made a very brief post about this building a few months back, but I did not provide a great deal of detail at the time. Just this past week, however, I had the pleasure of showing a customer a Classic...

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: Emery Roth  //  BUILDER: for Sam Minskoff 201 West 89th Street at Amsterdam Avenue is actually part of a pair of very similar buildings taking up the entire block front on Amsterdam Avenue between 89th and 90th streets. The idea of that block having a pronounced...

Circa 1915  //  ARCHITECT: Charles Platt  //  BUILDER: For Vincent Astor   This is a very large u-shaped building spanning a full block front in length — it consists of 205 West 89th Street & 210 West 90th Street on Broadway. Together, they are built around a lovely interior...

Circa 1925  //  Architect: Robert T. Lyons  //  BUILDER: Undetermined   123 West 93rd between Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues is an elegant mid-block building, clad in a light beige brick. The first floor is stone with nice detailing around the windows on the lower and upper floors....

Circa 1927 // ARCHITECT: Undetermined // BUILDER: Undetermined   This is another Upper West Side smaller mid-block building located between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenues, built merely a year later than the one I just wrote about at 18 West 70th. I thought these two buildings would be...

Circa 1926  //  ARCHITECT: Undetermined  //  BUILDER: Undetermined   A small, mid-block building, like so many built during the 1920s. This particular example has a superb location, just a short walk from Central Park and Columbus Circle. The exterior is very simple, clad entirely of...

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: Gronenberg & Leuchtag  //  BUILDER: Undetermined   This building stands out for its color, a very light beige brick, and has a commanding presence overlooking Broadway. Although not the most prolific apartment architects of the period, Gronenberg and...

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: Emery Roth  //  BUILDER: Undetermined   This is a very reserved building clad in a light buff brick color. There is very spare use of ornamentation on the facade, except for a stone surround around a pair of lower floor window groups, a few sculptural...

Circa 1924 // ARCHITECT: Undetermined // BUILDER: Undetermined   This building is a bit of a surprise since most of the short blocks between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive in the 70’s and 80’s consist of townhouses and small buildings. This is a result of the original...