39-58 46th Street
Sunnyside | 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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- 1925
Deed restrictions for Washington Court's block are drawn up before its houses are built
The easements governing block 154, the Washington Court block that holds 39-58 46th Street, carry the date December 31, 1925. Buyers of Sunnyside houses signed these covenants on purchase. Because the lending banks insisted, most were set to run about forty years, generally to 1966, while a few, such as those keeping setbacks for light and air and letting utilities cross the lots, were perpetual.
“…we have copies of the easements for Blocks 154 and 155 (dated December 31, 1925)…”
- 2007
Washington Court's association backs landmark status at the Commission's hearing
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At the Landmarks Preservation Commission's April 17, 2007 hearing on the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District, speakers for the Washington Court Association said most of their residents supported designation. In all 138 people spoke in favor and 27 against, the opponents including the Sunnyside Gardens Coalition and the Institute for Justice. The Commission designated the district, this house included, on June 26, 2007.
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