Circa 1929-1931  //  ARCHITECT: Farrar & Watmaugh  //  BUILDER: Henry Mandel   London Terrace is a West Chelsea landmark taking up a full block bordered by 23rd & 24th Streets, Ninth to Tenth Avenues. This location has only grown more desirable over the last decade with the...

Circa 1931  //  ARCHITECT: Emery Roth  //  BUILDER: Bing & Bing Cons. Co.   This may be the most expensive prewar apartment building downtown, but in a nod to the less stuffy world of Greenwich Village, this building is a condo rather than a coop. As such, unlike a coop where you...

  [Click on each image to magnify...] Today, I am posting about something unusual for this blog, i.e., not a prewar apartment building in Manhattan. In addition to my passion for prewar apartments — perhaps, “in tandem with…” — I’ve...

Designed for a flat lot, this house is fairly compact in its overall dimensions, yet, it’s very spacious. The rear-loading garage allows for a relatively narrower lot. There is a four-room apartment (Two Bedrooms, large bathroom, Living Room, and full Kitchen) over the garage, accessible...

Circa 1928-1929  //  ARCHITECT: F. Burral Hoffman, Jr. & Lafayette A. Goldstone  //  BUILDER: G. Richard Davis & Co.   Built in the Jacobean/Tudor style, this is one of Park Avenue’s most majestic prewar apartment buildings. Sandwiched between two of Candela’s greatest...

Designed for a flat, or gently sloped, lot. Accommodates a three-car garage at a slightly lower grade than the main floor. A special feature of this house is the ability to reach all six first floor rooms independently of each other. The Kitchen has a spectacular corner window that bathes the...

  I was walking along West 79th Street and captured this fantastic entrance portal. If you walk around New York City with your eyes open to experience the unexpected bit of architectural excellence, you will be forever amazed at the sheer quantity of terrific things you will see. And so...

Circa 1941  //  ARCHITECT & BUILDER: Fred F. French Co.   This is a very attractive all brick building with Tudor-influenced detail, a signature of builder/architect Fred French. French also built and developed Tudor City, where he took Tudor/Elizabethan/Jacobean forms to their New...

Circa 1928  //  ARCHITECT: Gronenberg & Leuchtag  //  BUILDER: Egg Harbor Building Corp.   This is a very attractive building clad entirely in a brownish-yellow brick. There is just enough decorative stone detail applied to the facade to create interest. It is really an excellent...

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: George F. Pelham  //  BUILDER: Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc.   This is a very elegant Tudor style building clad in a dark red/brown brick. There is nice stone accenting in the form of a single story base, and window surrounds on the Gothicized...