The Kathryn

751 Gerard Avenue | also 114 East 157th Street, 753 Gerard Avenue, 755 Gerard Avenue | Concourse Village | built 1928

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

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1928
Lojo Realty builds The Kathryn with shops at the corner of East 157th Street
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The Kathryn went up in 1928 for Lojo Realty Co., one of a matched pair with The Libby at 731 Gerard Avenue, both by Charles Kreymborg & Son. This corner building had stores from the start, and they still line its Gerard Avenue and East 157th Street fronts, though their layouts and materials have changed.
“…the presence of stores is original to the building, although the configurations and materials have been altered and replaced…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1928
The Kathryn is divided into base, shaft and capital in Renaissance Revival dress
Kreymborg & Son gave the six-story building a three-part composition in multi-shaded textured brick: a rusticated base, a shaft of stylized brick piers and stack-bond spandrels, and round-arched masonry pediments over the outer windows at the top. Later changes include a painted mural on the first story at the northern end, replaced six-over-six sashes and filled-in windows in the southern light court.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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