39-53 47th Street

Sunnyside | built 1927

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

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1927
39-53 47th Street is built in 1927 with a front gable that crosses its neighbor's roof
No. 39-53 belongs to Roosevelt Court's 1927 row of ten houses on the east side of 47th Street. Its slate gable roof has its peak toward the street, forming a cross gable where it meets the next house, whose roof runs parallel to the street. The row's houses were finished with projecting bay windows, wood pilasters and soldier-brick bands above the foundation and second-floor windows.
“The gable front roofs of 39-53 and 39-67 47th Street cr eate additional cross gables with the adjacent eaves front house s.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
The 2007 survey finds 39-53 with a new entry hood, two mailboxes and a half-paved yard
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The district survey of 39-53 47th Street recorded a modern door hood and projecting entry, two lights and two mailboxes at the door, and an air-conditioner sleeve at the second floor. Half the front yard had been paved, with a concrete curb around small planting beds. Aluminum one-over-one windows had replaced the original sash.
“…non-historic door hood & projecting entry; 2 lights & 2 mailboxes at door…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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