949 West End Avenue
aka 947-953 West End Avenue
949 West End Avenue
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Date:Â 1915
NB Number:Â NB 330-1915
Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1892, Lot 16
Type: Â Apartment Building
Architect: Â B.N. Marcus and Schwartz & Gross
Developer/Owner/Builder: Schuyler Square Realty Company, Inc
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Renaissance Revival
Primary Facade: Â Â Brick and Terra Cotta
Stories:Â 12 and penthouse
Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II
Significant Architectural Features: Tripartite composition with two-story base, eight-story middle section, and two-story capital; granite watertable and tapestry brick facade; window bays separated by vertical brick piers with brickwork patterning; molded terracotta entrance enframement with cartouche-ornamented frieze and modillioned lintel; piers above entrance feature terra-cotta panels decorated with urns; terra-cotta spandrels with festoon motif between ground-floor and second-story windows; denticulated terracotta beltcourse above second story; corner bays with terra-cotta spandrels ornamented with cartouches and festoons at every other story; terra-cotta spandrels between 11th- and 12th-story windows; bracketed cornice with antefix
Alterations: Balconettes below fourth and 10th stories removed; windows replaced (historically multi-paned-over-one double-hung sash)
East Facade: Designed (historic)
Door(s): Replaced primary door; historic iron secondary entrance gate
Windows: Replaced
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories)
Cornice: Original
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Granite
North Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Yellow brick side wall with red brick patterning; regular arrangement of window openings