355 Riverside Drive

355 Riverside Drive

NB Number: NB 40-1922

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1892, Lot 64

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect/Builder:  

Original Owner: 355 Riverside Drive Corporation

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: placeholder

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick and Terra Cotta

Stories: 14 and penthouse

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Decorative Metal Work: Iron balconettes

Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with two-story base, 11-story middle section, and one-story upper section; limestone watertable; lower section clad in corbelled brick with terra-cotta spandrels; primary entrance features double-height limestone enframement with fluted pilasters, denticulated cornice, and urns; elaborately ornamented terra-cotta beltcourse above second story; third-story window opening feature soldier-brick lintels, corner openings have terra-cotta enframements with broken pediments; iron balconettes at fourth and 13th stories; terra-cotta beltcourse below 14th story; 14th-story window openings feature terra-cotta enframements

Alterations: Fire escape installed

North Facade: Designed (historic)
Door(s): Possibly historic primary door
Windows: Replaced
Security Grilles: Historic (upper stories)
Cornice: Removed
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal plate (West 108th Street); granite (Riverside Drive)

West Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to West 108th Street facade

South Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick side wall; regular arrangement of window openings; 14th-story terra-cotta beltcourse and corner window enframements; concrete yard accessed through historic iron fence and gate

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick side wall; regular arrangement of window openings; 14th-story terra-cotta beltcourse and corner window enframements; concrete yard accessed through historic iron fence and gate