890 West End Avenue

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890 West End Avenue

 

Date: 1924 NB Number: NB 361-1924 Type:  Apartment Building Architect:  Schwartz & Gross Developer/Owner/Builder: 898 West End Avenue Corporation NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District Landmark Designation Report:  Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II National Register Designation: N/A Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival Primary Facade:   Brick, Limestone, and Terra Cotta Stories: 15 and penthouse Decorative Metal Work: Iron balconette above entrance Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with two-story base; 11-story middle section, and two-story capital; rusticated limestone base with granite watertable; primary entrance features double-height enframement with fluted pilasters supporting denticulated entablature and second-story windows with cartouche ornament; iron-and-glass doubleleaf doors with transom; windows in base slightly recessed in double-height enframements with molded spandrels and segmental-arched voussoirs with scrolled keystone; molded beltcourse separates base from brick-clad upper stories; third-story windows feature full terra-cotta enframements extending upwards as spandrels under fourth-story windows; terra-cotta beltcourse with running-dog wave ornament; middle section features windows with projecting stone sills; a few historic multi-over-multipaned double hung windows; ninth-story stone balconette with stone railing supported on large brackets; molded beltcourse below 13th story, denticulated beltcourse below 14th; top stories feature double-height terra-cotta enframements with fluted pilasters and round-arched, keystoned tympanum; modillioned cornice with dentil course and egg-and-dart molding Alterations: Most windows replaced (historically multi-over-multi-paned double-hung sash) West Facade: Designed (historic) Door(s): Historic primary door; non-historic metal door in west 104th street secondary entrance Windows: Mixed Security Grilles: Possibly historic (upper stories); historic (basement) Cornice: Original Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Bluestone (West End Avenue); concrete (West 104th Street) North Facade: Designed (historic) Facade Notes: Similar to West End Avenue facade; divided into two wings by light court; light court features simplified ornament and is enclosed by a granite wall below non-historic metal fence; secondary entrance with non-historic door, basement windows with historic iron grilles; ninth-story balconettes removed East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Yellow brick side wall; regular arrangement of window openings; concrete service way and yard accessed through metal fence and gate, portions of which are historic