105-107 and 109 washington street image appendix
Image 1: The western coastline of Colonial Manhattan was located at present-day Greenwich Street. Source: http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/files/pages/history/timeline-1705.pdf
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Image 2: An 1867 map of 105 and 107 Washington Street depicts two buildings, both with front and rear structures. Source: Dripps, Mathew. Plan of New York City. c. 1867. Plate 02.
Image 3: Manhattan: Washington Street - Rector Street. c. April 1911. The image depicts the two early tenements on the lot that were replaced in 1926 by the Downtown Community House. Source: New York Public Library Digital Gallery, Digital ID: 724079f.
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Image 4: Cover for 1920 Bowling Green Neighborhood Association’s report. Location of the Association at the time was 45 West Street. Source: Bowling Green Neighborhood Association. Report on Six Months Experimental Restaurant for Undernourished Children. New York: Bowling Green Neighborhood Association, 1920, p. 1.
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Image 5: A few members of the Bowling Green Neighborhood Association, West Street near the Battery. Source: Brown, Henry Collins. Valentine's City of New York: A Guidebook. New York: The Chauncey Hold Company, 1920. p. 44.
Image 6: Former home of William H. Childs in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fordmadoxfraud
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Image 7: A John F. Jackson-designed YMCA in Rochester, NY. Source: "Central YMCA, Rochester, N.Y. John F. Jackson." Architectural Record. January 1919. p. 426.
Image 8: Exterior sketch of Jersey City Y.M.C.A., by John F. Jackson. Source: “Office Sketches in Pencil by John F. Jackson, Architect, of Rooms and Details of Y.M.C.A. Building, Jersey City, N.J.” American Architect. 11 October 1922. pp. 322-326.
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Image 9: Interior sketch of Reading Room & Library at Jersey City Y.M.C.A., by John F. Jackson. Source: “Office Sketches in Pencil by John F. Jackson, Architect, of Rooms and Details of Y.M.C.A. Building, Jersey City, N.J.” American Architect. 11 October 1922. pp. 322-326.
Image 10: Interior sketch of an Alcove in Boys’ Lobby at Jersey City Y.M.C.A., by John F. Jackson. Source: “Office Sketches in Pencil by John F. Jackson, Architect, of Rooms and Details of Y.M.C.A. Building, Jersey City, N.J.” American Architect. 11 October 1922. pp. 322-326.
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Image 11: Suburban residence designed by John F. Jackson in Passaic, New Jersey. Source: "House of William H. Carey, Passaic, N.J." American Architect. 14 July 1920.
Image 12: Suburban residence by John F. Jackson in Passaic, New Jersey. Source: "House of W.W. Watson, Passaic, N.J." American Architect. 22 September 1921.
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Image 13: The University Settlement House, located at 184 Eldridge Street, Manhattan, c. 2008. Source: wikipedia.com.
Image 14: The Greenwich House, located at 29 Barrow Street, Manhattan. Source: www.nyc-architecture.com
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Image 15: The former Downtown Community House at 105-107 Washington Street. Image c. 2012.
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Image 16: Inset plaques with swag and eagle details. Image c. 2012.
Image 17: The original windows were double-hung three-over-three windows with a painted white sash; the entrance was crowned by a decorative cornice. Source: Sperr, Percy Loomis. Manhattan: Washington Street - Rector Street. c. 1929. Courtesy of the New York Public Library.
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Image 18: The neo-Federal "Old" Colony Club at 120 Madison Avenue has a gray slate roof and dormer windows, c. 2010. Source: newurbanarchitect.com
Image 19: The "New" Colony Club, located at 564 Park Avenue at 62nd Street, has a red slate roof. Source: nyc-architecture.com
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Image 20: The Century Association, although older and in the Second Empire style, also has a slate mansard roof. Source: wikipedia.com, c. 2011.
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Image 21: A small relief ornament of Buddha was placed above the second-story windows when the building was occupied as a Buddhist monastery. Image c. 2012.
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Image 22: 109 Washington Street, constructed in 1885 Image c. 2012.
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Image 23: 111 Washington Street, an older front-and-rear tenement, was perhaps the reason for a lack of airshaft on the north side of the tenement at 109 Washington Street. Source: Sperr, Percy Loomis. Manhattan: Washington Street - Carlisle Street. c. 1940. Courtesy of New York Public Library.
Image 24: Many of the tenements on lower Washington Street were 19th century converted warehouses and former single-family row-houses. Source: Sperr, Percy Loomis. Manhattan: Battery Place - Washington Street. c. 1930. Courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Gallery.
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Image 25: The ground floor of 109 Washington Street housed a merchant that sold glass in the 1940's. Source: Sperr, Percy Loomis. Manhattan: Washington Street - Rector Street. c. 1940. Courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Gallery.
Image 26: The metal and glass bay window at ground level storefront of 109 Washington Street, c. 1911. Source: Manhattan: Washington Street - Rector Street. c. 1911. Courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Gallery.
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Image 27: The windows of 109 Washington Street are framed by brownstone sills and lintels with swag reliefs. Image c. 2012.
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Image 28: The painted sheet-metal cornice of 109 Washington Street is emphasized by a painted metal beltcourse underneath. Image c. 2012.
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Image 29: Floor plan of second, third, fourth, and fifth residential floors for the 1907 alteration by John J. O’Connor. Source: New York City Department of Buildings, Alt #1044-07.
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