Spanish Gardens
37-33 83rd Street | also 37-41 83rd Street, 37-37 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
Andrew J. Thomas adds front gardens to his block plan at Spanish Gardens
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At Spanish Gardens the architect Andrew J. Thomas combined the usual garden at the center of the block with gardens in front of each building, an idea George H. Wells had used at Laburnum Court. Each blockfront has three identical buildings, each about twice as large as the single buildings of the other garden complexes, with a projecting entry porch in a recessed front court. The tile roofs and entrances recall Mediterranean models and complement Linden Court on the next block east.
“Each blockfront of Spanish Gardens is composed of three identical and very large buildings, each roughly twice the size of the individual buildings…”
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