D ISTRICT D EVELOPMENT : A RT D ECO AND M ODERNE S TYLE A PARTMENT B - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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700 G ERARD A VENUE , T HE B RONX P ROPOSED N EW B UILDING : A MERICAN D REAM S CHOOL L ANDMARKS P RESERVATION C OMMISSION P RESENTATION 1 700 G ERARD A VENUE : S TREETSCAPE Project Location 1- Looking north, at the west side of Gerard Avenue

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700 GERARD AVENUE, THE BRONX PROPOSED NEW BUILDING: AMERICAN DREAM SCHOOL LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION PRESENTATION

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700 GERARD AVENUE: STREETSCAPE

1- Looking north, at the west side of Gerard Avenue from East 153rd Street. 2- Looking north, at the east side of Gerard Avenue from East 153rd Street. Project Location

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700 GERARD AVENUE: STREETSCAPE

1- 691 and 705 Gerard Avenue. The west side of Gerard Avenue

pposite the project location.

2- Project location, on the east side of Gerard Avenue, between 690 and 710 Gerard Avenue. 3

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700 GERARD AVENUE: AREA DEVELOPMENT

1921 Bromley Map. (New York Public Library) 1942 Bromley Map. (New York Public Library) 1926: Grand Concourse looking north from 161st Street. (Brown Bros., New York Public Library) 1937: Gerard Avenue at East 153rd Street. (P.L. Sperr, New York Public Library) 4

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DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT: 1920’S REVIVAL STYLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS

“Nearly half of the apartment houses within the historic district were built during the first period of development, between 1922 and 1931.”

Grand Concourse Historic District Designation Report, page 4.

691 Gerard Avenue Style: Tudor Revival 705 Gerard Avenue Style: Tudor Revival 721 Walton Avenue Style: Renaissance Revival 900 Grand Concourse Style: Colonial Revival 811 Walton Avenue Style: Renaissance Revival 851 Grand Concourse Style: Neo-Classical 5

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DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT: ART DECO AND MODERNE STYLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS

“…Art Deco and Moderne became the residential styles of choice for the Bronx – as evidenced in the 27 apartments within the historic district constructed between 1935 and 1945.”

Grand Concourse Historic District Designation Report, page 4.

910 Sheridan Avenue Style: Moderne 1188 Grand Concourse Style: Art Deco 690 Gerard Avenue Style: Art Deco 710 Gerard Avenue Style: Art Deco 675 Walton Avenue Style: Moderne 910 Grand Concourse Style: Moderne 6

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BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AFTER

THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE

1072 Grand Concourse Concourse Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Type: Institutional Style: No Style Year Built: 1972 1040 Grand Concourse Bronx Museum of the Arts ( originally Young Isreal of The Concourse Synagogue ) Type: Institutional (originally religious ) Style: No Style Year Built: 1961 1020 Grand Concourse The Executive Towers Type: Apartment Building Style: Modern Year Built: 1959-1963 1046 Grand Concourse Bronx Museum of the Arts Type: Institutional Style: Contemporary Year Built: 2002-2006 1118 Grand Concourse Bronx Housing Courthouse Type: Courthouse Style: Contemporary Year Built: 1990-99

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THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF GERARD AVENUE

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DISTRICT FEATURES: TERRA COTTA, BRICK, AND STUCCO

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DISTRICT FEATURES: CONTRASTING COLORS AND GEOMETRIC SHAPES

1188 Grand Concourse Style: Art Deco 1150 Grand Concourse Style: Art Deco 690 Gerard Avenue Style: Art Deco 888 Grand Concourse Style: Art Deco 831 Gerard Avenue Style: Art Deco 10

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DISTRICT FEATURES: ENTRANCES WITH CURVED WALLS

910 Grand Concourse Style: Moderne 1150 Grand Concourse Style: Art Deco 675 Walton Avenue Style: Moderne 888 Grand Concourse Style: Art Deco 831 Gerard Avenue Style: Art Deco

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700 GERARD AVENUE: PROPOSED NEW BUILDING, THE AMERICAN DREAM SCHOOL

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700 GERARD AVENUE: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

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700 GERARD AVENUE: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

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700 GERARD AVENUE:

EXISTING CONDITION PHOTOS

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1- LOOKING SOUTH, AT THE EAST SIDE OF GERARD AVENUE 2- LOOKING NORTH, AT THE EAST SIDE OF GERARD AVENUET

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700 GERARD AVENUE:

STREETSCAPE

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700 GERARD AVENUE: SITE PLAN

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700 GERARD AVENUE:

WEST ELEVATION

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700 GERARD AVENUE:

WEST ELEVATION

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INTERIOR WALL STRUCTURE

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700 GERARD AVENUE: BLOW UP OF ENTRY PLAN AND ELEVATION

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700 GERARD AVENUE:

EAST ELEVATION

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700 GERARD AVENUE:

SOUTH ELEVATION

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700 GERARD AVENUE:

NORTH ELEVATION

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700 GERARD AVENUE: BUILDING SECTION 1-1

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700 GERARD AVENUE: BUILDING SECTION 1-1

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700 GERARD AVENUE: BUILDING SECTION

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700 GERARD AVENUE: BUILDING SECTION

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700 GERARD AVENUE: BUILDING SECTION

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700 GERARD AVENUE: APPENDIX

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700 GERARD AVENUE: CELLAR FLOOR PLAN

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700 GERARD AVENUE: FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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700 GERARD AVENUE: SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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700 GERARD AVENUE: THIRD FLOOR PLAN

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700 GERARD AVENUE: FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

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700 GERARD AVENUE: FIFTH FLOOR PLAN

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