1166 Grand Conc

also 1166 Grand Concourse | Concourse | built 1938

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1938
Grand Boulevard Holding Co. builds an Art Deco apartment house on the Grand Concourse
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Grand Boulevard Holding Co. built this six-story Art Deco apartment house in 1938 under permit NB 71-1938, to plans by Jacob M. Felson. The beige brick front steps back to follow the angle of the street and has wrap-around corner windows and a projecting cast-stone entrance pavilion. Its original multi-paned steel casement windows, visible in a 1940s tax photograph, have since been replaced.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1938
Jacob M. Felson, architect of eight buildings in the district, designs this one
Architect Jacob M. Felson, born in Russia, came to the United States with his parents in 1888, studied at Cooper Union and began practicing in 1910. He designed many movie theaters as well as apartment buildings. The Landmarks Preservation Commission credits him with eight apartment houses in the Grand Concourse Historic District, including this one and its neighbor at 1188 Grand Concourse.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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