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B&W photo of apartment building at 2554 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City.
Photograph
The building casts a shadow across the recessed front entrance. Circa 1950s automobiles are parked along the curb.
2023.011.0101
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Apartment building; Renaissance Revival features; H-shaped plan; 5 stories plus raised basement; 5 bays; brick façade; triple 2/1, 3/1, 4/1 and 6/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; 4 scalloped stone ornaments form the parapets; decorative labeled window heads on first and fourth floors; brick lintels and stone window sills; deeply recessed central entrance; 2 fire escapes; stone sill courses on second and fifth floors; stone water table.
Jersey City, NJ
2023.011
John Amato
Donation
circa 1930 - circa 1970
Inscription
Back of print
2554 Hudson Blvd, Jersey City
Handwritten