344 West 48th Street

USA / New Jersey / West New York / West 48th Street, 344
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5-story Neo-Grec cooperative-apartment building completed around 1880. It is faced in brown-painted brownstone. The central entrance has a low set of steps spanning the basement areaway, which is enclosed by an iron fence. The entrance has a glass door and sidelight framed by a pair of paneled pilasters supporting a triangular pediment. A large window on either side is also topped by a triangular pediment.

The upper floors have four bays of windows with full surrounds including bracketed sills and cornices. A black metal fire escape runs down the middle two bays of the facade, which is topped by a tall roof parapet.
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Coordinates:   40°45'41"N   73°59'20"W
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