85-02 37th Avenue

also 85-06 37th Avenue, 37-02 86th Street, 85-24 37th Avenue | Jackson Heights | built 1947

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

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1947
Shampan & Shampan design a block-long Moderne store building for Fortieth Realty
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In 1947 Fortieth Realty Corp. completed this one-story row of shops spanning 37th Avenue from 85th to 86th Street, designed by Shampan & Shampan. It closely matches the firm's building for the same developer on the next block west. Moderne touches include header brick bands, a plain parapet with cast-stone coping, and cast-stone bands at the corners and the middle of the avenue front.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1993
October 19
Landmarks report singles out a Carrara glass sign at the corner store
When the Jackson Heights Historic District was designated on October 19, 1993, nearly all of this building's original storefront material had been replaced. The report noted one exception: the corner store at No. 85-30 still had its band of Carrara glass carrying painted lettering, a rare remnant of its historic storefronts.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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