242 West 56th Street (New York City, New York)

USA / New Jersey / West New York / New York City, New York / West 56th Street, 242
 apartment building, commercial building

5-story residential building originally completed in 1868, but rebuilt with a new facade in 1974. It is clad in red-painted smooth-stucco above a 2-story commercial storefront. The ground floor has wood-framed glass doors and show-windows, and the 2nd floor has a large, plate-glass studio window, with wood paneling around it.

The upper floors have two bays of double-windows. There are vertical, projecting signs mounted at the east end on the 2nd floor, and on the 3rd-4th floors. The facade is topped by a roof parapet with a gable peaking to a flat center. The bottom two floors are occupied by Rong Cheung House restaurant.
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Coordinates:   40°45'56"N   73°58'58"W
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