Park Plaza Apartments (Bronx)
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The Park Plaza Apartments were one of the first and most prominent Art Deco apartment buildings erected in the Bronx in New York City. The eight-story, polychromatic terra cotta embellished structure at 1005 Jerome Avenue and West 164th Street was designed by Horace Ginsberg and Marvin Fine and completed in 1931. It is an eight-story building divided into five blocks or section, each six bays wide. There are about 200 apartments, ranging from one to five rooms.[2]
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Park Plaza Apartments | |
Location | 1005 Jerome Ave., Bronx, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°49′53″N 73°55′36″W |
Built | 1928 |
Architect | Horace Ginsbern; Marvin Fine |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
NRHP reference No. | 82003346 |
NYCL No. | 1077 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 3, 1982[1] |
Designated NYCL | May 12, 1981 |
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Officially designated a New York City Landmark in 1981, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, it faced the lushly treed landscape of Macombs Dam Park until 2006, when the 28-acre (110,000 m2) park was condemned for a new Yankee Stadium.