Park Plaza Apartments (Bronx) Explained

Park Plaza Apartments
Location:1005 Jerome Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates:40.8314°N -73.9267°W
Built:1928
Architect:Horace Ginsbern; Marvin Fine
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:June 3, 1982
Refnum:82003346
Designated Other2 Name:New York City Landmark
Designated Other2 Date:May 12, 1981
Designated Other2 Abbr:NYCL
Designated Other2 Link:New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
Designated Other2 Number:1077
Designated Other2 Color:
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The Park Plaza Apartments were one of the first and most prominent Art Deco apartment buildings erected in the Bronx in New York City. The eight-story, polychromatic terra cotta embellished structure at 1005 Jerome Avenue and West 164th Street was designed by Horace Ginsberg and Marvin Fine and completed in 1931. It is an eight-story building divided into five blocks or section, each six bays wide. There are about 200 apartments, ranging from one to five rooms.[1]

Officially designated a New York City Landmark in 1981, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, it faced the lushly treed landscape of Macombs Dam Park until 2006, when the 28acres park was condemned for a new Yankee Stadium.

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  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Park Plaza Apartments. February 1981. 2011-01-12 . Anthony W. Robins and Anne B. Covell. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying four photos.