909 Sheridan Avenue

also 905 Sheridan Avenue | Concourse Village | built 1938

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

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1937
Dillerwood Realty Co. builds a Moderne apartment house at East 162nd Street
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Dillerwood Realty Co., Inc. built this six-story Moderne apartment house in 1937-38 under permit NB 542-1937, to plans by Israel L. Crausman. Its beige brick walls have rounded corners with wrap-around windows, and the main entrance sits in a raised light court behind a cast-stone portico.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1937
Architect Israel L. Crausman designs the building for Dillerwood Realty
Israel L. Crausman was born in Bessarabia, came to the United States with his family at 13, and earned degrees in architecture and engineering at Cooper Union. After opening his own firm in 1922 he designed apartment buildings, schools and armories in the city and in Westchester and Rockland counties. He designed five apartment houses in the Grand Concourse Historic District, among them this one and 910 Sheridan Avenue, built about seven years later.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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