2-8 Willow Place

"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK"

2-8 WILLOW PLACE

THESE DUPLEXES WERE BUILT IN THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE ABOUT 1847, NOTABLE FEATURES INCLUDE COUPLED PORCHES WITH THEIR CLUSTERED COLONNETTES AND DIAMOND-PANED SIDE LIGHTS AND TRANSOMS IN THE ENTRANCES. THE ORIGINAL WINDOW TREATMENT BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD STORIES, WHERE RECESSED PANELS WITH THEIR CHEVRON PATTERNS LEND A VERTICAL EMPHASIS TO THE DESIGN. FORESHADOWS THE SPANDREL ARRANGEMENT LATER EMPLOYED ON HIGH BUILDINGS.

PLAQUE ERECTED 1966 BY
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

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