37-59 82nd Street
Jackson Heights | built 1911
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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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- 1911
Architect Charles Peck designs the house as part of a 1911 row on 82nd Street
Charles Peck designed this two-story house in 1911 for the Charles E. Currier Co. Inc., as part of a row of ten. No. 37-59 is one of seven of those houses that survive, in rebuilt form, on the east side of 82nd Street between 37th and Roosevelt avenues, back-to-back with a row by the same architect on 83rd Street.
- 1927
The city rezones this block of 82nd Street from homes to commerce
In 1927 the block of 82nd Street between 37th and Roosevelt avenues, originally residential, was rezoned for commercial use. The Landmarks Preservation Commission suggests the reason was its position between two business avenues and its closeness to the elevated train station at its southern end. Under the city's original 1916 zoning, only 37th Avenue, Roosevelt Avenue and Northern Boulevard had been zoned commercial here.
- 1942
Alterations in 1928 and 1942 turn the house into a brick-fronted store
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Permits dated 1928 and 1942 record the conversion of No. 37-59 from a 1911 rowhouse into a commercial building. It was extended to the front lot line and given a new brick facade, whose upper story frames large windows and carries decorative brickwork, including stretcher courses and a paneled parapet. The storefront at street level has been replaced since.
“No. 37-59 82nd Street - [Alts 865-1928; 938-1942]…”
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