The Cornwall
255 West 90th Street | also 2447 Broadway, 2449 Broadway, 2441 Broadway | Upper West Side | built 1920
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1910
The Hall brothers build the Art Nouveau Cornwall apartment house
Developers Arlington C. and Harvey M. Hall hired architects Neville & Bagge to design the Cornwall, an eight-story red-brick apartment house on a U-shaped plan, completed in 1910. Its terra-cotta cornice, two stories tall at its highest points and decorated with twining vines and flower buds, is a rare example of Art Nouveau in Manhattan architecture.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1991
Cornwall owners pay for terra-cotta replicas of the cornice and balconies
In 1991, the Cornwall's owner-occupants paid $600,000 to replace the building's ornate Art Nouveau cornice and ornamented balconies with terra-cotta replicas of the originals. The Cornwall is a cooperative at Broadway and West 90th Street.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- The CornwallWikipedia
- The Art Nouveau Cornwall - 255 West 90th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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