290 Riverside Drive

290 Riverside Drive

NB Number: NB 140-1923

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1889, Lot 40

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Paterno Construction Co.

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Neo-Gothic

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 16 and basement

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; two-story entrance incorporating a Tudor-arched entrance with rosettes, piers with crockets and scallop shells and windows with drip molding with crockets; band course with foliate corbels at fifth story; narrow, angular piers and brickwork spandrels from fifth through 16th stories; terra-cotta decoration at parapet

Alterations: Windows at basement infilled and replaced; lights; siamese hose connection; spigot

Site Features: Non-historic fence and gate with barbed wire across service alley

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, patched, repointed)

Door(s): Replaced primary door; secondary door replaced

Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)

Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); mixed (basement)

Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete

Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal edge

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)

Facade Notes: Yellow brick, patched, parged; brick band courses added at each story above the eighth floor; stone or cast-stone sills; water tank; bulkheads; pipes; chimneys; windows replaced Site: diamond plate staircase with railings; concrete-paved areaway

West Facade: Designed (historic)

Facade Notes: Similar to primary facade; brick, patched; entrance with non-historic hood, lights and door; possibly historic cheek walls; windows replaced; non-historic window grilles; non-historic shutters; lights; remote utility meter Site: pipe; concrete sidewalk; stone curb except at corner

North Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)

Facade Notes: Brick, patched, repointed; light court; windows replaced; non-historic grilles