375 Riverside Drive

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1921 375 Riverside Drive
– Ralph Ciluzzi (Kelley Paterno page 285)
– Dolkart page 344 lists builder as Michael Paterno

NB 454-1921
Riverside Drive, 375
14-sty f. p. apt house, 122×89
Cost:
$1,500,000
Owner:
The 375 Riverside Drive Corp, 200 W 72
Architect:
G. Ajello, 52 Vanderbilt av
Address in Real Estate Record:
RIVERSIDE DRIVE, 375

Located in the Morningside Heights Historic District designated 21 February 2017

Following completion of these buildings, the Paterno family did little in Morningside Heights until the 1920s. Their last buildings, the 14-story, Renaissance Revival style 375 Riverside Drive (Gaetan Ajello, 1921-22) and 16-story, Georgian Revival style 425 Riverside Drive (Rosario Candela, 1924) both display the cleaner lines and refined ornamentation that was becoming popular at the time. (LandmarkWest.com)

375 Riverside Drive (aka 371-375 Riverside Drive; 616-624 Cathedral Parkway)
Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 1893, Lot 35
Date(s): 1921-22 (NB 454-1921)
Architect(s) / Builder(s): Gaetan Ajello
Owner(s) / Developer(s): 375 Riverside Drive Corporation
Type: Apartment building
Style(s): Renaissance Revival
Stories: 14
Material(s): Tan brick; limestone; granite; terra cotta
Status: Contributing
History, Significance and Notable Characteristics
375 Riverside Drive was designed by Gaetan Ajello in 1921 and built for Michael A. Paterno [correct name is Michael E. Paterno] president of the 375 Riverside Drive Corporation as Morningside Heights continued to develop into a neighborhood of middle-class apartment houses. In this restrained interpretation of the Renaissance Revival style, the building’s tripartite, variegated brick facade features a stone water table, quoins, two-story entrance surround with transom bar, swags, pendants and cartouche, terra-cotta and brick stringcourses, fenestration with full stone surrounds from the basement to the fourth story, projecting terra-cotta moldings in the spandrels at the seventh and tenth stories, lintel course at the 14th story, and a modillioned cornice, all characteristic of the style. Other features are the wrought-iron-and-glass lanterns and window railing at the entrance and iron grilles in the basement windows. The west facade has a below-grade entrance.

Alterations
Cathedral Parkway Facade: Brick repointed and patched; door and windows replaced; two
basement windows infilled around vent, pipe and Siamese standpipe; brass stoop railings; metal mesh gate at service entrance; camera and conduit
Riverside Drive Facade: Brick repointed and patched; windows and doors at basement replaced; camera and lights with conduits; remote utility meter; signage; vent; grilles at basement altered
South (rear) Facade (partially visible): Brick patched; windows replaced; fire escape
Roof: Water tank with metal structure; bulkhead; non-historic railing; metal chimney

Site
Concrete bordered flower beds (both sides); standpipe; non-historic gates at basement entrance and metal gates with razor wire at service alley on Riverside Drive

Sidewalk / Curb Materials
Concrete sidewalks and curbs with metal edges

References
Office for Metropolitan History, “Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986,” (May 18, 2016)
http://www.MetroHistory.com; New York City, Department of Buildings, Certificate of
Occupancy 4937 (issued June 29, 1922). (LandmarkWest.com)

375 Riverside Drive (aka 371-375 Riverside Drive; 616-624 Cathedral Parkway)

Date: 1921-22

NB Number: 454-1921

Type:  Apartment Building

Architect:  Ajello, Gaetan

Developer/Owner/Builder: 375 Riverside Drive Corporation

NYC Landmarks Designation:  Historic District

Landmark Designation Report: Morningside Heights Historic District

National Register Designation: N/A

Primary Style:  Renaissance Revival

Primary Facade:   Brick

Stories: 14

Historic District: Morningside Heights HD

Material(s): Tan brick; limestone; granite; terra cotta

Status: Contributing

History, Significance and Notable Characteristics : 375 Riverside Drive was designed by Gaetan Ajello in 1921 and built for Michael A. Paterno president of the 375 Riverside Drive Corporation as Morningside Heights continued to develop into a neighborhood of middle-class apartment houses. In this restrained interpretation of the Renaissance Revival style, the building’s tripartite, variegated brick facade features a stone water table, quoins, two-story entrance surround with transom bar, swags, pendants and cartouche, terra-cotta and brick stringcourses, fenestration with full stone surrounds from the basement to the fourth story, projecting terra-cotta moldings in the spandrels at the seventh and tenth stories, lintel course at the 14th story, and a modillioned cornice, all characteristic of the style. Other features are the wrought-iron-and-glass lanterns and window railing at the entrance and iron grilles in the basement windows. The west facade has a below-grade entrance.

Site : Concrete bordered flower beds (both sides); standpipe; non-historic gates at basement entrance
and metal gates with razor wire at service alley on Riverside Drive

Street Sidewalk / Curb Materials:  Concrete sidewalks and curbs with metal edges

References: Office for Metropolitan History, “Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986,” (May 18, 2016) http://www.MetroHistory.com; New York City, Department of Buildings, Certificate of Occupancy 4937 (issued June 29, 1922).

Alterations: Cathedral Parkway Facade: Brick repointed and patched; door and windows replaced; two basement windows infilled around vent, pipe and Siamese standpipe; brass stoop railings; metal mesh gate at service entrance; camera and conduit
Riverside Drive Facade: Brick repointed and patched; windows and doors at basement replaced; camera and lights with conduits; remote utility meter; signage; vent; grilles at basement altered

South (rear) Facade (partially visible): Brick patched; windows replaced; fire escape
Roof: Water tank with metal structure; bulkhead; non-historic railing; metal chimney (source)

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(Google Books)
Read at full scale HERE • The Evening World 22 Nov 1922
Read at full scale HERE • The New York Herald 19 Nov 1922
The New York herald. [volume], June 08, 1921, Page 19, Image 19
New-York tribune. [volume], August 23, 1921, Page 7, Image 7
New York Times (1857-1922); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 24 Mar 1922: 23.
The New York herald. [volume], June 18, 1922, SECTION 6, Image 65
The New York herald. [volume], June 25, 1922, SECTION 6, Image 63
The New York herald. [volume], April 16, 1922, REAL ESTATE SECTION 6, Page 2, Image 62
New – York Tribune (1911-1922); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 02 Apr 1922: A11.
New-York tribune. [volume], April 02, 1922, Page 11, Image 31
New York Herald Tribune (1926-1962); Aug 27, 1939; pg. C8
New York Times (1857-1922); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 08 June 1921: 35.
New York Times (1857-1922); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 16 June 1921: 30.
New – York Tribune (1911-1922); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 08 June 1921: 13.
New – York Tribune (1911-1922); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 02 Apr 1922: A11.
New – York Tribune (1923-1924); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 29 May 1923: 20.
New York Times (1923-); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 06 May 1928: 44.
18 Jul 1946 – builders were Michael E. Paterno & Ralph Ciluzzi, not Dr. Charles V. Paterno
Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2022
Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2022
Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2022
Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2022
Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2022
Working drawing by Ajello – found by Rob Garber (resident of 375RSD) & confirmed by Andrew Alpern; given to Christopher Gray by Ajello’s sister (Mrs. Brina) ; Christopher gave it to Andrew who donated it to the Avery Library
From Rob Garber (resident of 375RSD): Here’s a full-on view of the 375 site with fencing and posters, from the NYHS collection.  The notice of the auction is for the Jan 1921 sale, wherein Russell Sage’s widow sold the property to Robert Downing and Robert Simon, who promptly resold it to Michael E Paterno.  You can see the long since-demolished Beauclere at the corner of Broadway/109, where NY baseball Giants manager John McGraw once lived. 

Court case regarding death of foreman on the job @ 375 Riverside Drive

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