Are there any architectural history buffs out there??? I've traced a couple of families to specific addresses in New York City early this century, and photographed the buildings now standing there. I suspect each of these buildings pre-dates the families' residence -- meaning that these are the actual buildings they lived in. (Things change so fast in NYC that you can never assume this.) I'm hoping SKS can date the buildings based on the photos. Two of them, especially, have some rather striking features. The photos are at http://dkenfield.home.mindspring.com/oldbuildings.html All info and suggestions gratefully appreciated.

On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:15:04 -0400, Dexter Kenfield <dekester@mindspring.com> wrote: >Are there any architectural history buffs out there??? > >I've traced a couple of families to specific addresses in New York >City early this century, and photographed the buildings now standing >there. > >I suspect each of these buildings pre-dates the families' residence -- >meaning that these are the actual buildings they lived in. (Things >change so fast in NYC that you can never assume this.) > >I'm hoping SKS can date the buildings based on the photos. Two of >them, especially, have some rather striking features. > >The photos are at >http://dkenfield.home.mindspring.com/oldbuildings.html > >All info and suggestions gratefully appreciated. > I can't help you with dating the buildings although your guesses seem to be right on the mark. You can get professional photos of those buildings circa1939-1941 from the NYC Municipal Archives. The web page is http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doris/html/index.html#TaxPhotos Brian Wickham