751 Walton Avenue

also 750 Gerard Avenue, 124 East 157th Street, 120 East 157th Street | Concourse Village | built 1927

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

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1926
Michael Glick and Paul Duma form a short-lived partnership that produces this building
Michael Glick started practicing architecture around 1922 and in 1926 formed a partnership with Paul H. Duma, who appears in directories as A. P. H. Duma. The partnership lasted only until about 1929, and this apartment house is its one building in the Grand Concourse Historic District. Glick later worked alone as architect and engineer and by 1949 had a new firm with Joseph A. Gelbman.
“He formed a partnership with Paul H. Duma (listed in directories as A. P. H. Duma) in 1926 which lasted until around 1929.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1927
Glick & Duma design a block-long apartment house with stores for Walton Developers
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Built in 1926-27 under NB 3161-1927 for Walton Developers Inc., this six-story beige-brick building has addresses on Walton Avenue, Gerard Avenue and East 157th Street. Its round-arched main entry is flanked by smaller arches, and the top story has round brick pediments over paired windows. The stores were part of the original plan; their layout may survive, though the storefront materials have been replaced.
“The presence of stores is original to the building; although the configuration of the stores may be historic, the materials have been altered and replaced…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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