871 Macy Place

Longwood | built 1900

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

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1900
871 Macy Place repeats the angular-bay design of Nos. 861-863
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No. 871 and its partner No. 873 copy the design of the 861-863 pair: angular bays, rectangular first-floor windows and round-arched second-floor windows with drip moldings. In 1983 the pair's orange brick fronts were unpainted, apart from the stoops and the basement trim of No. 873.
“This pair is identical to Nos. 861 and 863 Macy Place.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1900
Subway plans spur rowhouse building along Macy Place
Morrisania had few residents until the late 19th century, and plans for an IRT line tying the Bronx to Manhattan prompted rowhouse development such as Theodore Macy's houses here. Once the subway opened, a flood of newcomers brought apartment houses, leaving Macy Place and the Longwood blocks as rare low-rise rowhouse enclaves among high-density buildings.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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