The Lenru

3388 Wayne Avenue | also 3392 Wayne Avenue, 3394 Wayne Avenue, 3398 Wayne Avenue | Norwood | built 1928

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

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1928
The Lenru goes up in the Jacobethan Revival style, named for owner Lenny Kandell and his sister Ruth
The Lenru was built in 1928 and named after its original owner, Lenny Kandell, and his sister, Ruth Kandell. Its Jacobethan Revival design mixes Tudor, Gothic and Elizabethan touches. The six-story building holds 104 units and faces Williamsbridge Oval Park, once the site of the Williamsbridge Reservoir.
“…named after its original owner and his sister, Lenny and Ruth Kandell), was built in 1928 in the Jacobethan Revival style…”
Source: Wikipedia
1991
After a restoration by the Mosholu Preservation Corporation, the Lenru becomes a co-op
In the late 1980s the Mosholu Preservation Corporation chose the Lenru for restoration, making it the group's first rehabilitation project. In 1991 the building was sold to the Lenru Apartment Corporation to finish converting it into a cooperative.
“…becoming the corporation's first rehabilitation project. It sold to the Lenru Apartment Corporation to complete its conversion into a co-op in 1991.”
Source: Wikipedia

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