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The Willows

"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK"THE WILLOWS A.F. NORRIS WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THIS EARLY EXAMPLE OF A BUILDING DESIGNED AS AN APARTMENT HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1886. THE HIGH BAY WINDOW, WITH ITS CLASSICAL...

"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK"

THE WILLOWS

A.F. NORRIS WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THIS EARLY EXAMPLE OF A BUILDING DESIGNED AS AN APARTMENT HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1886. THE HIGH BAY WINDOW, WITH ITS CLASSICAL SWAYS AND SMALL BROKEN PEDIMENT, IS TYPICAL OF THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE POPULAR AT THE TIME.

PLAQUE ERECTED 1956 BY
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

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