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It's Elemental, My Dear Bloomingdale

11/26/2016

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Locate That Element!

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Can you locate this element?

By Caitlin Hawke

The location of the last element I featured here which is pictured at right is the carved base and bracket of a two-story oriel window at 312 W. 102nd Street.  

And the winner was…well we didn't have any guesses.  Was the clue too tough?

For round three I am going to ease up.  At top is the element to identify. You remember the rules. The blog feature "It's Elemental" is our version of Name that Tune. So locate the element at top and tell me what it is and where it is.  Extra points for any history or good stories you know about the place it is connected to.

Put your answer in the comments below or email it to: blog@w102-103blockassn.org. Then check back for a future "It's Elemental" post where I will reveal all.
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Last time, I featured this element from a neighborhood building and asked for an identification. Click image to see the last post.
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It is a detail from the facade of this wonderful building constructed in 1905 at 312 W. 102nd Street. It has a twin directly to the east with similiar intricate detailing.

More about 312 W. 102nd Street

Both 310 and 312 W. 102nd Street were designed in the Romanesque or Renaissance Revival style by architect Martin Van Buren Ferdon (1860-1950) and built in 1892.  They are twin buildings laid out between another Ferdon-designed set of twin buildings in an ABBA pattern.  The houses at 310 and 312 are beauties, covered with delicious architectural details, including these sumptuous carvings, plus carved spandrels and a gorgeous cornice. Even the transom is illuminated with gold-filagree decoration around the street number.  It's beautiful!  Ferdon designed many other townhouses on nearby cross streets and on West End Avenue.  Alas, many have been demolished.  He was prolific and worked throughout the city.  The townhouses were originally owned by Alphonse Hogenauer, a real-estate maven.

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1 Comment
Terence
11/27/2016 05:22:18 pm

If my wife and I had not decided just this morning that the perfect breakfast to follow our TRI-Bloomindale Brisk Walk was the fabulous old greasy spoon known as simply "Broadway Restaurant', I might not have guessed this.
But it is comforting to know that I had breakfast there in 1987 with my then-roommate, well before meeting my wife, and that 30 years later, they have not been evicted by merciless landlords looking to triple the rent.
Within the last 6 months, the UWS has lost two excellent BYOB places: Busters, and A Cafe, due to 15 year leases coming due and rents being asked were beyond what those humble establishments could pay.
So local blog readers would do well to go and enjoy the plentiful, inexpensive plates offered right there, at the Broadway Restaurant.

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