The Towers

33-51 80th Street | also 33-16 81st Street | Jackson Heights | built 1925

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1. 1925

   The Towers takes its red tile roofs, loggias and belvederes from Italian Romanesque and Renaissance models

   Each row of the Towers follows an A-B-B-A rhythm: the two middle buildings are symmetrical with central entrances, while the end buildings are lopsided and finished with corner towers. Thomas borrowed from Italian palazzos, adding red tile roofs with deep eaves, arcaded loggias on the sixth floor, belvederes atop the towers and round attic windows. Large stone griffins guard the iron gates into the inner garden.

   “…large stone griffons flanking the iron gates leading to the interior garden…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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