319-325 West 90th Street
319-325 West 90th Street
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Date:Â 1929
NB Number:Â NB 23-1929
Type: Â Apartment Building
Architect: Â Margon and Holder
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â 323 West 90th Street Corporation
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report:Â Riverside Drive- West End Historic District
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Neo-Renaissance
Primary Facade: Â Â Buff brick, Limestone, and Terra Cotta
Stories:Â 9
 Structure:  This nine story apartment building extends approximately seventy-five feet along the north side of West 90th Street and is located approximately 160 feet east of Riverside Drive. The building is dumbbell shaped in plan with light courts opening to the east and west. The building is faced in buff colored brick laid in common bond with limestone and terra-cotta trim.
West 90th Street Facade: The facade is divided horizontally by stringcourses into a two story base, a five story midsection, and a two story top. The entrance, located in the center and flanked by five window bays on each side, is enhanced by a classically inspired stone surround with a modillioned cornice topped by a wrought iron railing. The window openings of the first two stories are grouped into pairs by double height stone enframements, with a single bay between each pair. Stories three through seven are faced in buff colored brick and have slit windows in the center bays flanked by five bays on each side which reflect the grouping seen below. Spandrels at the eighth and ninth stories feature stone roundels and scrolled brackets support a narrow beltcourse above the ninth story. The building is surmounted by a dentilled terra cotta cornice. Eastern Elevation: The eastern elevation, faced in yellow brick, has a one bay return of the facade and is divided into two wings by a light court.
Western Elevation: The western elevation, faced in yellow brick, has a one bay return of the facade and is divided into two wings by a light court with one window bay in each wing.
Historic District: Riverside Drive- West End HD
Alterations:Â Â The original six-over-six wood sash windows have been replaced by gray one-over-one aluminum sash. The entrance contains paired multi paned aluminum and glass doors shielded by a green canopy and flanked by lanterns, all of which are not original. An entrance has been cut adjacent to the second window bay from the east and contains a metal door (painted black). The eastern elevation has patch repointing at the sixth and seventh stories.
History: This building was constructed in 1929 according to the design of the architectural firm of Margon & Holder. It was built on the site of a brick fronted stable and a stone fronted residence of three stories with a basement. Selected References: George Bromley, Atlas of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (Philadelphia, 1899), vol. 3 plate 11. New York City Department of Taxes Photograph Coilection, Municipal Archives and Record Collection, C 734.