31-34 Riverside Drive

31-34 Riverside Drive

NB Number: NB 471-1927

Block: 1185

Lot: 1

Type:  Apartment House

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: 33 Riverside Drive Inc. (Alex M. McRae, Pres.)

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: West End – Collegiate Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Neo-Renaissance

Primary Facade:   Limestone, rusticated limestone, and Terra Cotta

Stories: 16

Elements: Sixteen-story brick apartment house; two-story rusticated limestone base with vermiculated corners; terra-cotta entry with cartouche; terra-cotta trim on upper floors including scroll bracketed balconies with spiral-twist balusters, secondary cornices above the second, third, and 14th floors, and string course above the 13th floor; modillioned main cornice; six-over-one wood sash windows; original entry lamps.

Historic District: West End - Collegiate HD

Alterations: Windows replaced .it ninth and 16th floors of Riverside Drive facade and at ninth, 14th and 15th floors of West 75th Street facade; some storm windows installed; base and entry painted; plate glass entry door installed; wrought-iron window grilles installed at first floor; canopy added at main entrance on West 75th Street.

History: This building replaced six rowhouse.

References: New York City, Department of Buildings, Manhattan, Plans, Permits and Dockets.