The Franz Sigel

780 Grand Conc | also 774 Grand Concourse | Concourse Village | built 1926

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

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1926
Jacob M. Felson designs the Franz Sigel, its name carved over the entrance
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Franz Sigel Park Apartments, Inc. built this six-story Renaissance Revival apartment house in 1926 to plans by Jacob M. Felson, under the same permit as its twin, the Virginia, next door. Limestone window surrounds and Mission-style pediments trim the beige brick, and the limestone entrance portico bears the building's name. A shared courtyard with paved walks, planting beds and masonry fountains lies between the two buildings.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1926
Brochures pitch the Franz Sigel to renters: "a bit of Park Avenue transplanted to the Bronx"
In the 1920s the Bronx gained half a million residents, most of them Jewish, and an address on the Grand Concourse signaled success. Builders pitched new apartment houses to upper-middle-class tenants in the manner of Manhattan's grand buildings. Real estate brochures for the Franz Sigel and the neighboring Virginia promised "a bit of Park Avenue transplanted to the Bronx."
“The Franz Sigel (aka Alexandria) and the Virginia ... were touted in real estate brochures as "a bit of Park Avenue transplanted to the Bronx.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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