Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II Designation Report June 23, 2015 Cover photographs, clockwise from upper left: 315 Riverside Drive, 780 West End Avenue, 777 West End Avenue, 303 to 319 West 107th Street, West End Avenue looking north from West 100th Street. Christopher D. Brazee and Lisa Kersavage, June 2015 Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II Designation Report Essay researched and written by Marianne S. Percival Building Profiles and Architects’ Appendix by Marianne S. Percival and Christopher D. Brazee Additional Research by Christopher D. Brazee and Jay Shockley Edited by Mary Beth Betts Director of Research Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee Map by Daniel H. Watts Commissioners Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair Frederick Bland John Gustafson Diana Chapin Adi Shamir-Baron Wellington Chen Kim Vauss Michael Devonshire Roberta Washington Michael Goldblum Sarah Carroll, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Jared Knowles, Director of Preservation Lisa Kersavage, Director of Special Projects and Strategic Planning TABLE OF CONTENTS RIVERSIDE-WEST END HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION II MAP ........ FACING PAGE 1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ................................................................................ 1 RIVERSIDE-WEST END HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION II BOUNDARIES .................. 1 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 6 THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIVERSIDE- WEST END HISTORIC DISTRICT EXTENSION II ................................................................... 8 Early History of the Upper West Side ...................................................................................... 8 Late 19th Century Development in the Historic District Extension ........................................ 10 Row Houses ............................................................................................................................ 12 Flats ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Early 20th Century Development in the Historic District Extension ...................................... 16 Apartment Houses and Apartment Hotels .............................................................................. 16 Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II in the Inter-War Period .......................... 18 Post-War Era and 21st Century ............................................................................................... 20 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION .............................................................................................. 22 BUILDING PROFILES ................................................................................................................ 27 Broadway, West Side (Odd Numbers).................................................................................... 27 Pomander Walk ....................................................................................................................... 28 Riverside Drive ....................................................................................................................... 30 West 89th Street, North Side (Odd numbers) .......................................................................... 60 West 92nd Street, South Side (Even Numbers) ....................................................................... 61 West 92nd Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ......................................................................... 64 West 94th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) ........................................................................ 65 West 94th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ......................................................................... 71 West 95th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) ........................................................................ 75 West 95th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ......................................................................... 78 West 96th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) ........................................................................ 82 West 96th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ......................................................................... 82 West 97th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) ........................................................................ 83 West 97th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ......................................................................... 87 West 98th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) ........................................................................ 93 West 98th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ....................................................................... 100 West 99th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) ...................................................................... 105 West 99th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ....................................................................... 111 West 100th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) .................................................................... 118 West 100th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................... 121 West 101st Street, South Side (Even Numbers) .................................................................... 134 West 101st Street, North Side (Odd Numbers)...................................................................... 149 West 102nd Street, South Side (Even Numbers) ................................................................... 160 West 102nd Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................... 172 West 103rd Street, South Side (Even Numbers) .................................................................... 179 West 103rd Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................... 185 West 104th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) .................................................................... 197 West 104th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................... 205 West 105th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) .................................................................... 209 West 105th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................... 209 West 106th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) .................................................................... 209 West 106th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................... 215 West 107th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) .................................................................... 220 West 107th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................... 227 West 108th Street, South Side (Even Numbers) .................................................................... 234 West 108th Street, North Side (Odd Numbers) ..................................................................... 241 West End Avenue, East Side (Odd Numbers) ...................................................................... 246 West End Avenue, East Side (Even Numbers) ..................................................................... 272 ARCHITECTS APPENDIX ....................................................................................................... 308 ILLUSTRATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 360 Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II W 109 St 360 339 317 338 316 W 108 St 329 303 328 304 300 W 107 St Manhattan Av 955 941 340 Riverside-West End 105th Street 325 W 106 St 2755 Manhattan Avenue Historic District 320 264 935 936 Historic District 2747A Riverside DrRiverside 299 251 330 322 300 258 W 105 St 327 325 251 326 242 W 104 St Henry Hudson Py Hudson Henry 325 239 324 242 W 103 St 319 247 322 244 W 102 St Manhattan Av 345 241 344 W 101 St 232 AvAmsterdam 337 233 W 100 St 324 256 Henry Hudson Py West End Av West H Hudson PyEn Sb 327 249 398 248 W 99 St 323 247 318 254 W 98 St Riverside-West End Av Columbus Historic District Extension II Borough of Manhattan 317 251 W 97 St 324 256 Landmarks Preservation Commission Calendared: 11.16.2010 240 301 251 PublicW 96 St Hearing: 11.25.2011 300 272 Designated 6.23.2015 230 Broadway 337 317 253 Broadway Boundary of historic 338 258 W 95 St district extension 700 Boundaries of Existing Districts 325 701 259 W 94 St 316 306 Tax map lots in historic district extension Henry Hudson Py H Hudson Py Et Sb W 93 St 255 Riverside-West End W 92 St 296 288 Historic District W 91 St W 90 St Riverside Dr 267 ExistingW 89 St Historic Districts Historic District Extension W 88 St Graphic Source: MapPLUTO, Edition 14v1, 2014, Author: Landmarks Preservation Commission, DHW, Date: June 23, 2015 Landmarks Preservation Commission June 23, 2015 Designation List 483 LP-2464 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On October 25, 2011, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II (Item No. 3). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provision of law. Twenty-seven witnesses spoke in favor of the designation as proposed, including Assemblymember Daniel O’Donnell, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, and representatives