730 Grand Conc
also 730 Grand Concourse | Concourse Village | built 1939
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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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- 1939
Concourse Building Corp. builds 730 Grand Concourse to an Art Deco design by Jacob M. Felson
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Felson drew this six-story beige-brick building for the Concourse Building Corp. in 1939, as one of three related buildings with 740 and 750 Grand Concourse. Dark brick bands run between the windows, wrap-around corner windows mark the ends of the facade, and the entrance sits back inside a raised light court lined with cast-stone planting beds. The stepped brick parapet seen in a 1940s tax photograph has since been removed.
- 1939
Jacob M. Felson, an architect of movie theaters, designs 730 Grand Concourse
Born in Russia, Felson came to the United States with his parents in 1888, studied at Cooper Union and began practicing in 1910. He designed many movie houses as well as apartment buildings, and in 1938 became president of Fleetwood Enterprises, a firm that erected apartment buildings. Eight of his buildings stand in the Grand Concourse Historic District, six Art Deco and two Renaissance Revival, including 730 Grand Concourse.
- 2010
Supporters and opponents testify on the proposed Grand Concourse Historic District
The Landmarks Preservation Commission took testimony on June 22, 2010, about a proposed historic district that would take in 730 Grand Concourse. Ten people spoke for it, including representatives of the Bronx Borough President and the Historic Districts Council; two spoke against it. The commission designated the district on October 25, 2011.
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