34-34 87th Street

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1926
34-34 forms the center double house of Tappan's five pairs on 87th Street
Built in 1926 for the Queensboro Corporation to Robert Tappan's designs, No. 34-34 and its mirror-image partner at 34-26 to 34-32 were filed together under permit NB 483-1926. They are the third of five double houses arranged A-B-C-B-A along the west side of 87th Street, the middle 'C' pair, with a gabled roof, end chimneys, arched windows on the side walls and one shared projecting porch under a steep gable, its doors at the sides.
“Built in 1926 to designs by Robert Tappan, this group of ten houses is characteristic of many similar groups…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1926
Tappan turns from long rows to double houses on 86th and 87th Streets
Between 1926 and 1927 Robert Tappan designed a group of houses running through the block on 86th and 87th Streets, ten to each street in five pairs. As the McAvoys had done in their houses on 87th Street, he gave up long rows for semi-detached double houses that each look like one larger single-family house, though each has two doors and two attached garages. The center of the block holds a large green space of private gardens.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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