60-89 69th Avenue
Ridgewood | built 1908
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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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- 1895
Louis Berger, architect of this house, opens his own firm in Bushwick
Berger was born in Rheinpfalz, Germany, in 1875, came to America as a child in 1880 and made Ridgewood his home from 1892. After training at Pratt Institute and apprenticing with Carrere & Hastings, he started his own Bushwick practice in 1895. A specialist in tenement design and tenement law, he was the architect of record for more than 5,000 Ridgewood and Bushwick buildings between 1895 and 1930, and he led the Brooklyn Society of Architects.
- 1908
Louis Berger & Company designs 60-89 69th Avenue for builder Paul Stier
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Built about 1908 under permit NB 1769-1908, the two-family house belongs to a run of 23 buildings at 60-55 to 60-99 69th Avenue, all owned by Paul Stier. Berger's Renaissance Revival design combines a curved bay rising the full height of the front, recessed panels of rough-faced brick, continuous stone bands, a pedimented stone hood over the door, and an egg-and-dart cornice.
- 2014
Landmarks report notes two gooseneck pipes and a possibly historic door at 60-89
The Landmarks Preservation Commission's 2014 description of the house lists two gooseneck pipes in its front areaway, a resurfaced and painted stoop, and a main door that may be historic. The cornice was original, while the windows, stoop railings and areaway fence had been replaced. A plaque with the house number and a light fixture had been added beside the main entrance.
“…light fixture and plaque with house number by main entrance ... Site Features: Two gooseneck pipes in areaway…”
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