Laburnum Court

37-21 79th Street | also 37-15 79th Street | Jackson Heights | built 1922

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

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1921
Laburnum Court breaks from Wells's other complexes with H-shaped buildings and street-front gardens
Wells designed five garden-apartment complexes in Jackson Heights after Linden Court, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission calls Laburnum Court's layout entirely different from the rest. Its buildings are H-shaped, forming recessed garden courts on the street side as well as gardens at the rear. Like Elm Court, it covers only part of a block rather than a full one.
“At Laburnum Court, the configuration is entirely different, with "H"-shaped buildings forming recessed street-front garden courts as well as rear gardens…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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