290 Riverside Drive

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1923 290 Riverside Drive aka 335 West 101st Street
– Charles V. Paterno (Kelley Paterno page 285)

NB 409-1915 [I believe this NB was superseded by NB 140-1923]
$220,000.00
101ST ST, 337 West, n e cor Riverside dr 12-sty fireproof apartments, irreg ˙27˙142
OWNER / OWNER ADDRESS
(o) The Paterno Constn., Co / (o) 272 West 84th st COMMENTS
ARCHITECT / ARCHITECT ADDRESS
(a) Gaetan Ajello / (a) 1 West 34th st (source)

NB 140-1923
West 101st Street, 335
16 f p apts, 132×51
Cost:
$250,000
Owner:
Paterno Constn. Co, 117 West 54
Architect:
George F. Pelham, 200 W 72
Address in Real Estate Record:
101ST ST, 335 W

Located in Riverside – West End Historic District Extension II designated 23 June 2015

290 Riverside Drive

Date: 1923-24

NB Number: NB 140-1923

Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Information: Block 1889, Lot 40

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Pelham, George F.

Developer/Owner/Builder: Paterno Construction Co.

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Riverside Drive– West End Historic District Extension II

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Neo-Gothic

Primary Facade:   Brick and Stone

Stories: 16 and basement

Historic District: Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II

Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; two-story entrance incorporating a Tudor-arched entrance with rosettes, piers with crockets and scallop shells and windows with drip molding with crockets; band course with foliate corbels at fifth story; narrow, angular piers and brickwork spandrels from fifth through 16th stories; terra-cotta decoration at parapet

Alterations: Windows at basement infilled and replaced; lights; siamese hose connection; spigot

Site Features: Non-historic fence and gate with barbed wire across service alley

South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, patched, repointed)

Door(s): Replaced primary door; secondary door replaced

Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)

Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); mixed (basement)

Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete

Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal edge

East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)

Facade Notes: Yellow brick, patched, parged; brick band courses added at each story above the eighth floor; stone or cast-stone sills; water tank; bulkheads; pipes; chimneys; windows replaced Site: diamond plate staircase with railings; concrete-paved areaway

West Facade: Designed (historic)

Facade Notes: Similar to primary facade; brick, patched; entrance with non-historic hood, lights and door; possibly historic cheek walls; windows replaced; non-historic window grilles; non-historic shutters; lights; remote utility meter Site: pipe; concrete sidewalk; stone curb except at corner

North Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)

Facade Notes: Brick, patched, repointed; light court; windows replaced; non-historic grilles (source)

290 Riverside Drive (aka 290-291 Riverside Drive; 335-345 West 101st Street)
Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 1889, Lot 40
Date: 1923-24 (NB 140-1923)
Architect/Builder: George F. Pelham
Original Owner: Paterno Construction Co.
Type: Apartment building
Style: Neo-Gothic
Stories: 16 and basement
Material(s): Brick; stone
Significant Architectural Features: Stone base; two-story entrance incorporating a Tudor-arched entrance with rosettes, piers with crockets and scallop shells and windows with drip
molding with crockets; band course with foliate corbels at fifth story; narrow, angular piers and brickwork spandrels from fifth through 16th stories; terra-cotta decoration at parapet
Alterations: Windows at basement infilled and replaced; lights; siamese hose connection; spigot
Site Features: Non-historic fence and gate with barbed wire across service alley
South Facade: Designed (historic, painted, patched, repointed)
Door(s): Replaced primary door; secondary door replaced
Windows: Replaced (upper stories); replaced (basement)
Security Grilles: Not historic (upper stories); mixed (basement)
Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete
Curb Material(s): Concrete with metal edge
East Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Yellow brick, patched, parged; brick band courses added at each story above the eighth floor; stone or cast-stone sills; water tank; bulkheads; pipes; chimneys; windows
replaced Site: diamond plate staircase with railings; concrete-paved areaway
West Facade: Designed (historic)
Facade Notes: Similar to primary facade; brick, patched; entrance with non-historic hood, lights and door; possibly historic cheek walls; windows replaced; non-historic window grilles; non-historic shutters; lights; remote utility meter Site: pipe; concrete sidewalk; stone curb except at corner
North Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible)
Facade Notes: Brick, patched, repointed; light court; windows replaced; non-historic grilles (source)

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The New York Herald, New York Tribune (1924-1926), Nov 23 1924, p. 1.
New York Herald Tribune (1926-1962); Aug 27, 1939; pg. C8
New – York Tribune (1911-1922); Sep 18, 1915; pg. 11
New – York Tribune (1911-1922); Dec 29, 1922; pg. 18
The sun. [volume], September 18, 1915, Page 11, Image 11

290 Riverside Drive building website

MANHATTAN TRANSFERS. I
New York Times (1923-); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 15 June 1933: 34.
MANHATTAN TRANSFERS.
New York Times (1923-); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 05 Dec 1933: 44.
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