66-53 60th Place

also 66-53 Prospect Avenue | Ridgewood | built 1911

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

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1911
Anton Kluepfel builds 66-53 60th Place under the same permit as its neighbor at 66-51
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According to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, this building went up around 1911 under new-building permit 104-1911, the same permit number recorded for 66-51 next door. Anton Kluepfel was the original owner, and Louis Berger & Company drew the plans.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2014
Landmarks surveyors record a historic wood-and-glass double door at 66-53
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The commission's survey describes a three-story Renaissance Revival apartment building of brick and stone whose central entrance keeps a historic wood-and-glass double-leaf door beneath fluted stone pilasters. It also notes the changes: the stoop has been replaced, the stone hood over the door simplified, and an aluminum awning and new light fixture added at the entrance.
“…central entrance with historic wood-and-glass double-leaf door; stone fluted pilasters and bracketed hood…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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