Spanish Gardens
37-19 83rd Street | also 37-23 83rd Street, 37-15 83rd Street, 37-16 84th Street | Jackson Heights | built 1926
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1924
J. Conforti Construction Co. starts the six-building Spanish Gardens garden apartments
Plans for the Spanish Gardens, six freestanding H-shaped buildings designed by Andrew J. Thomas for the J. Conforti Construction Co., were filed in 1924, and the complex was finished in 1926. Three buildings line 83rd Street and three 84th Street, sharing a landscaped garden in the middle of the block; this one covers 37-15 to 37-23 83rd Street. Brick walls with gates close the gaps between buildings at the street.
- 1925
A Jackson Heights News contest gives the Spanish Gardens their name
In 1925 the local paper, the Jackson Heights News, ran a contest to name the new complex. The winning name, "Spanish Gardens", was picked to match the buildings' Spanish flavor, which shows in entrance porches with red tile roofs, terra-cotta shields flanked by griffins, Moorish-style pilasters beside a corbeled balconette, and tiled parapets. The landmarks report cites the paper's May 1, 1925 issue for the story.
“In 1925, the Jackson Heights News sponsored a contest to select a name for the complex. The name "Spanish Gardens" was chosen…”
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