740 Grand Conc

also 740 Grand Concourse | Concourse Village | built 1939

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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.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1939

    Jacob M. Felson designs 740 Grand Concourse as a near twin of its neighbor at 730

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    The Concourse Building Corp. built this six-story Art Deco apartment house in 1939 together with 730 and 750 Grand Concourse, all designed by Jacob M. Felson; it most closely matches 730. Vertical brick bands rise over the entrance portico and at the sixth floor of the outer bays, dark brick bands sit between windows, and brick corbelling runs along the roof. The entry is set back in a raised light court.

    “This building is similar to and was built in conjunction with the adjacent buildings at 730 and 750 Grand Concourse, but is most similar to 730…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 2011

    October 25

    Landmarks Preservation Commission protects 740 Grand Concourse within a new historic district

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    On October 25, 2011, the commission designated the Grand Concourse Historic District, which includes this building and its Felson-designed neighbors at 730 and 750 Grand Concourse. The district was listed on Designation List 449 as LP-2403. Letters of support had come from the Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Friends of Terra Cotta/New York State.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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