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New York
Architecture Images-Harlem and the Heights 4 to 22 and 13 to 21 West 121st Street |
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Cleverdon and Putzel |
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4 to 22 and 13 to 21 West 121st Street |
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1887-90 |
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| The firm of Cleverdon and Putzel, architects of speculative row houses, was the most prolific design team in the Mount Morris Park area. This series of homes (1887-90) is typical of middle-class housing created by untrained designers for developers who realized reasonable profits by employing non-professionals. The capriciously carved details in the form of humorous faces add a liveliness to the otherwise standard brownstone design of the time. One wonders who the models for these characters were, and if they were flattered by their likenesses! | |
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| With special thanks to www.nyc.gov | |