English Gables

37-16 82nd Street | also 37-22 82nd Street, 37-32 82nd Street, 37-34 82nd Street | Jackson Heights | built 1928

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1927
The city rezones this block of 82nd Street for shops, a year before English Gables goes up
Under the city's first zoning in 1916, the block of 82nd Street between 37th and Roosevelt Avenues was residential. It was rezoned for commerce in 1927, most likely because it sat between two shopping avenues and close to the elevated station. The next year the Queensboro Corporation built its headquarters on the corner and English Gables beside it, a campaign the landmarks report says fixed the block's character.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1928
Robert Tappan designs English Gables, a 240-foot row of shops under seven peaked gables
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The Queensboro Corporation built English Gables in 1928 under permit NB 344-1928, with Robert Tappan, who also designed several rows of houses in Jackson Heights, as architect. The two-story neo-Tudor block runs 240 feet along 82nd Street beneath a continuous slate roof, with brick end pavilions carrying three-sided oriels, half-timbered oriels around a stone central gable, and stone balustrades. Its original storefronts have all been replaced, and signage partly hides the carved stone entrance at the center.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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