57-34 Catalpa Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1909

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

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1909
Henry Schlachter builds a corner storefront building at Catalpa and Onderdonk avenues
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Schlachter filed this corner building, also known as 902 and 908 Onderdonk Avenue, on its own permit, NB 144-09, in 1909, with Louis Berger and Company as architect. Its Catalpa front is just two bays wide with an angled entry in its first bay, while the Onderdonk side runs six bays and ends in a three-bay, one-story extension at the rear. A historic pressed-metal cornice and some framing still mark the storefront.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2010
Landmarks surveyors count three owls on the roof of 57-34 Catalpa Avenue
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The Landmarks Preservation Commission's 2010 description of this corner building lists, among its alterations, three owls on the roof. The survey also noted a large projecting sign at the corner, brick infill and new windows at the old corner storefront, and contrasting decorative brickwork that had mostly been covered in stucco.
“…large, projecting sign at corner ... non-historic windows and brick infill at corner storefront ... three owls at roof…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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