60-68 68th Avenue
Ridgewood | built 1909
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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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- 1909
Paul Stier's 1909 two-family house keeps its original iron areaway fence and newel posts
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Louis Berger & Company designed this two-story Renaissance Revival house, filed under new-building permit 1920 of 1909 for developer Paul Stier. Like the rest of its row it has a full-height rounded bay, brick bands in a contrasting color between the second-story windows and a metal cornice with festoons. The Landmarks Preservation Commission recorded its original areaway fence, newel posts and double wood-and-glass doors, along with later additions such as a second-story fire escape and a glass-and-metal awning over the entrance.
“Decorative Metal Work: Original areaway fence and newel posts ... fire escape on 2nd story…”
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