Robert Morris Apartments

79-06 37th Avenue | also 79-02 37th Avenue, 79-08 37th Avenue, 79-14 37th Avenue | Jackson Heights | built 1929

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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.

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  1. 1929

    E. Adelsohn designs the neo-Georgian Robert Morris Apartments for Remow Builders

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    Remow Builders put up the six-story Robert Morris Apartments in 1929 to plans by the architect E. Adelsohn. The neo-Georgian building fills the end of its block between 79th and 80th streets, with paired giant brick pilasters crowned by pediments, a balustrade at the roof, arched stone window heads with swags, and entrances set in lightcourts on each side street. Its 37th Avenue shops were almost all remodeled later, but transoms topped with anthemion cresting still show at Nos. 79-24, 79-14 and 79-08-79-10.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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