39-88 44th 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
The end house of the row turns its side wall toward 43rd Street, above and behind a row of garages
At 39-88 44th Street, the house at the western end of its row, the two-bay side wall looks out over 43rd Street from above and behind a row of garages. The side has windows only on the first floor, where one-over-one sashes later replaced the original six-over-six ones; upstairs there are none, only a wooden vent painted white near the top of the gable. The chimney, of brick, rises from the roof's lower southern end.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
A landmark survey finds casement windows and a shingled roof on the house's front bay
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In its 2007 survey of Madison Court North, the Landmarks Preservation Commission found that 39-88 44th Street's front bay had single-pane casement windows and an asphalt-shingled roof. The concrete stoop still had its historic metal railing, and the front yard was laid with brick and stone pavers behind a metal and wire fence. About two-thirds of the rear yard had been paved, enclosed by a metal pipe-rail fence with wire mesh and a partial wood picket fence.
“…single pane casement windows & an asphalt shingled roof at bay; light fixture at door…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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