Grand Concourse, east side, south from and including Mount Hope Place, 1935. The six-story apartment building at the far right of the image is called the Royal Plaza and was built in 1927, just prior to the proliferation of Art Deco structures on the Grand Concourse. While the narrow building mid-block still stands, the large wood-frame home on the corner has been replaced with generic apartment building, constructed in 1953.

1791 Grand Concourse, date unknown. This seven-story apartment building was constructed in 1936 and designed by Edward W. Franklin. The ziggurat style battlements that framed the corners of the building and created a frame to the indented entrance, are unfortunately no longer present.

"250 East 178th Street. Apartment building. Detail of corner window, 1937."

Tremont Towers apartment building, 1938. This uniquely curved apartment building was designed by Jacob M. Felson in the mid to late 1930s. Felson was a Russian immigrant to the U.S. In 1938 he became the president of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., which specialized in building apartment buildings. In addition to his apartment houses, he is also known for designing movie theatres and parking garages. This simple Art Deco apartment house is one of his lesser known works, though he designed quite a few more elaborate Deco buildings in this neighborhood.

Bronx Savings Bank, 1930. The constructions dates for this bank building are a bit of a mystery. This classically-inspired bank building stood likely from the early 1930s until 2016. (After its life as a bank ended, it was a restaurant and event space.) The area surrounding the building is being redeveloped, and in 2016 there was an agreement to preserve certain architectural and historical elements, and incorporate the Bank’s facade into the lobby at the entrance of a new building. But the building has been entirely demolished as of the start of 2017.

250 East 178th Street, 1937. A distinctive Art Deco apartment building with attractive curved fire escapes. The decorative block projections at the roof line seen in this photograph have unfortunately since been removed.