60-09 71st Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1908

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1908

    Van Zuilen and Werst build a curved-bay house on 71st Avenue

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    This two-family house was built in 1908 for Peter Van Zuilen and George Werst Jr. under permit 1692-1908, with Louis Berger & Company as architect. Two of its three bays are curved, set over a brownstone water table. Later its entry lintel was taken out and covered with stucco, a mailbox was attached to the facade, and the stoop was replaced.

    “Alterations: Replacement ironwork on the stoop; painted water table; aluminum awning; entryway lintel removed and replaced with a stuccoed and painted surface…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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