Park and Tilford Building

310 Lenox Avenue | also 84 West 126th Street | Harlem | built 1940

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1908

    B. Hustan Simonson designs the Park & Tilford grocery building

    The three-story Classical Revival building at 310 Lenox Avenue is completed in 1908 to designs by B. Hustan Simonson. Its facade combines white marble, limestone, and terra cotta, and the masonry structure includes a full basement. A Park & Tilford grocery store originally occupies the first floor, with offices above.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2009

    May 1

    The building joins the National Register of Historic Places

    On May 1, 2009, the former Park & Tilford building at 310 Lenox Avenue is entered on the National Register of Historic Places. As of that year, the National Basketball Players Association occupies its third floor.

    Source: Wikipedia

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