478 Third Avenue

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5-story residential building completed in 1875. The front facade is clad in dark-beige cement stucco. The ground floor has a residential entrance at the north end, with a glass door and transom set in a blue polished stone surround. To the south is a metal-and-glass storefront with a matching blue stone pier at the south end.

The upper floors have four bays of single-windows with simple sills and thin lintels. A black metal fire escape runs down the middle two bays of the facade, which is crowned by a simple, thin cornice.

The north elevation is parged, and has one single-window on the top two floors, although there are traces of a few former window openings, now filled in. The ground floor is occupied by a 7-Eleven convenience store.