35-26 88th Street

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1925
Developer V. Scuderi builds No. 35-26 as part of Robert Tappan's twenty-house row
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No. 35-26 88th Street went up in 1925-26 for developer V. Scuderi under new-building permit 8873 of 1925, which covered eight houses, Nos. 35-14 through 35-28. Architect Robert Tappan designed the full run of twenty three-story houses along 88th Street's west side, from 35th to 37th Avenue.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1926
Tappan dresses the row in neo-Georgian brick, slate and fanlights
The commission traces the row's look mainly to the neo-Georgian style: patterned brick set off by white trim, steep slate roofs with prominent gables, shed dormers, pent-roofed entrance porches, and arched doorways topped by fanlight transoms. It classes these twenty buildings as Anglo-American Garden Homes, three stories tall.
“Elements typical of that style include the patterned brick facing with white trim, the steeply pitched slate roofs with prominent gables…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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