173 West 78th Street (New York City, New York)
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West 78th Street, 173
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180-foot, 16-story Renaissnace-revival residential building completed in 1929. Designed by George A. Bagge & Sons, it is clad in reddish-brown brick above a beige-painted limestone ground floor that is lined with metal-and-glass storefronts along the avenue. The same architects designed the very similar building immediately to the north, which began construction a year after the completion of this one.
The residential entrance is near the east end of the south facade on 78th Street. It has glass double-doors atop a dark-grey granite step, covered by a rounded, navy-blue canvas canopy extending out over the sidewalk. The doors are set in a surround with a top panel featuring an urn flanked by rosettes. This is surmounted by four small brackets and two elongated end brackets carrying a small cornice. There is a narrow vent to the left of the entry and a double-window to the right, with a grey metal mullion. The end piers at the ground floor are lightly banded, and near the west end there is a storefront window. The storefronts along the avenue are organized into seven bays, the wider ones being the 2nd & 3rd from the north, and the southernmost bay. There is a glass door in the northernmost and 3rd bay from the north, and recessed double-doors with angled sidelights in the 2nd bay from the south.
The upper floors on the wide west facade have a center bay of paired windows, flanked by a single-window on either side, and then a bay of double-windows, a bay of paired windows (on the north; the south has single-windows), and end bays with double-windows. A dentiled band course runs across the top of the 3rd floor, and there are 2-story fluted stone pilasters at the 2nd-3rd floors, with stylized capitals, flanking the four double-window bays. The 2nd floor has splayed stone lintels above the center paired windows, and stone surrounds at the double-window bays, with keystones, end brackets, and cornices. There are also stone surrounds at the 4th floor double-windows, without the ornament on top. The facade is dotted with protruding air-conditioning units. A thin string course sets off the 13th floor, where the double-window bays have stone surrounds with fluted sides, balusters between brackets at the bases, and bracketed cornices on top. The center bay has splayed lintels at this floor. A projecting band course caps the 14th floor, and there are simple stone surrounds with keystones at the double-window bays on the 15th floor, along with banded stone end piers. The lower roof line is at the 15th floor, with a set-back penthouse floor above it.
The upper floors on the south facade have end bays with double-windows, and three bays of paired windows in the middle. The stone ornament at the double-windows matches that on the west facade. The east elevation, facing a narrow alleyway, is clad in the same brick on the south part and beige brick on the north part, which is set slightly back. The south part has a single-window paired with a smaller window, a bay of wide single-windows, and a double-window bay. The north part has two bays of single-windows and two bays of double-windows, and the short, north-facing connecting wall has single-windows paired with smaller windows. A large steel pipe runs up the facade near the north end. At the northeast corner of the roof is a mechanical penthouse and water tower enclosure, clad in red brick, with three round-arched openings on each side.
The building contains 84 apartment units. The ground floor is occupied by Tacombi restaurant.
The residential entrance is near the east end of the south facade on 78th Street. It has glass double-doors atop a dark-grey granite step, covered by a rounded, navy-blue canvas canopy extending out over the sidewalk. The doors are set in a surround with a top panel featuring an urn flanked by rosettes. This is surmounted by four small brackets and two elongated end brackets carrying a small cornice. There is a narrow vent to the left of the entry and a double-window to the right, with a grey metal mullion. The end piers at the ground floor are lightly banded, and near the west end there is a storefront window. The storefronts along the avenue are organized into seven bays, the wider ones being the 2nd & 3rd from the north, and the southernmost bay. There is a glass door in the northernmost and 3rd bay from the north, and recessed double-doors with angled sidelights in the 2nd bay from the south.
The upper floors on the wide west facade have a center bay of paired windows, flanked by a single-window on either side, and then a bay of double-windows, a bay of paired windows (on the north; the south has single-windows), and end bays with double-windows. A dentiled band course runs across the top of the 3rd floor, and there are 2-story fluted stone pilasters at the 2nd-3rd floors, with stylized capitals, flanking the four double-window bays. The 2nd floor has splayed stone lintels above the center paired windows, and stone surrounds at the double-window bays, with keystones, end brackets, and cornices. There are also stone surrounds at the 4th floor double-windows, without the ornament on top. The facade is dotted with protruding air-conditioning units. A thin string course sets off the 13th floor, where the double-window bays have stone surrounds with fluted sides, balusters between brackets at the bases, and bracketed cornices on top. The center bay has splayed lintels at this floor. A projecting band course caps the 14th floor, and there are simple stone surrounds with keystones at the double-window bays on the 15th floor, along with banded stone end piers. The lower roof line is at the 15th floor, with a set-back penthouse floor above it.
The upper floors on the south facade have end bays with double-windows, and three bays of paired windows in the middle. The stone ornament at the double-windows matches that on the west facade. The east elevation, facing a narrow alleyway, is clad in the same brick on the south part and beige brick on the north part, which is set slightly back. The south part has a single-window paired with a smaller window, a bay of wide single-windows, and a double-window bay. The north part has two bays of single-windows and two bays of double-windows, and the short, north-facing connecting wall has single-windows paired with smaller windows. A large steel pipe runs up the facade near the north end. At the northeast corner of the roof is a mechanical penthouse and water tower enclosure, clad in red brick, with three round-arched openings on each side.
The building contains 84 apartment units. The ground floor is occupied by Tacombi restaurant.
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Coordinates: 40°46'57"N 73°58'42"W
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