37-57 78th Street

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

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1926
The last of Dreisler's 23 houses on this side of 78th Street closes a five-house cluster
No. 37-57 ends the row of 23 houses Benjamin Dreisler Jr. designed for the east side of 78th Street, finishing a five-house cluster at the southern end of the group that backs onto a matching five-house cluster on 79th Street. The commission noted that the side walls of the end houses in these groups can be seen from the street. Pitched tile roofs with gables, shed dormers and chimneys top the red brick houses.
“…each of the two five-house clusters, which back onto each other at the southern end of the group…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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