The Prospect Hall

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6-story Tudor-style cooperative-apartment building completed in 1926. Designed by H. Douglas Ives, it is clad in brown brick, with a diamond pattern at the top floor. The east half of the south facade juts out farther than the west, creating a short west-facing elevation in which the main entrance is placed. Approached by a short set of steps with red-brick pavers and brown-brick sidewalls (with metal railings), it has a limestone Tudor-arched doorway with wood-and-glass double-doors. The space above is decorated with an arcaded band, a drip lintel, and a shield. The limestone extends to enframe the 2nd-floor triple-window here, capped by a drip molding. The casement triple-windows above have brick sills, mullions, and lintels.

The east half of the south facade has two bays of wide openings with brick sills and lintels, divided by thin, black metal mullions into five windows. The west half has a narrow casement window bay, a wide one, and medium-width one at the end. The sidewalk slopes down to the left of the entrance, revealing the basement level, which has a metal door down a few steps, and a window at the end. A metal band sets off the brick roof parapet, capped by a coping. Original black metal fire escapes run down both halves of the south facade.

The east elevation is also brick, and has a bay of small single-windows at the front. The building contains 30 apartments.