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1901 Salome 149 West 105th Street
149 W 105. Com/Res 7-story. Bldr: “John Paterno’s Sons,” hence an early Paterno bros. bldg; No. of floors 7; No. residential units 34; Blk 1860; Lot 11; NB YEAR & PERMIT NO. 1901-235; EST. COMPL. DATE 1901; Architect M. V. B. Ferdon; Source OMH, DOB, Dkt (source)
1901
235
$100,000.00
105th st, n s, 249 e Amsterdam av
7 sty brk flat, 49˙90.11
OWNER / OWNER ADDRESS
(o) John Paternos Sons / (o) 507 W 112th st
COMMENTS
ARCHITECT / ARCHITECT ADDRESS
(a) M V B Ferdon / (a) 243 W 57th st (source)
Living It Up (published 1984) page 304: SALOME, 149 West 105th Street; An abandoned building of 1900 with trompe-l’oeil shutters and shades placed over the now boarded up windows. A Paterno building. Salome, Richard Strauss’s opera based on Oscar Wilde’s play of 1894, had its American debut a the Met Opera House in 1907; denounced as scandalous and sacrilegious by the clergy of NY, it was withdrawn from the repertory.
New – York Tribune (1900-1910); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 07 Jan 1902: 6.
Paterno Brothers erected a seven-story structure on West 105th street, at a profit of $40,000. They built a larger one, and so it went, each project enlarging the scope of their work until Manhattan was dotted with their buildings. Fate Found Right Career for Dr. Paterno When Chance Brought Him Into Building Game • 1925