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B&W photo of the mixed-use Hotel Plaza at 91 Sip Avenue, Jersey City.
Photograph
People gather in front of the entrance to a bar on a busy street corner. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk. A sign on the roof of a building and a vertical sign projecting from the building read: HOTEL PLAZA. Storefront signage on the ground floor reads: PLAZA GRILL BAR. A vertical sign projecting on the side of the building reads: RESTAURANT. Other storefront signage on the street reads: PLAZA LAUNDRY; PLAZA TAILORS; WATCHES JEWELRY; NEW JOURNAL RESTAURANT. A NO PARKING sign is painted on the street near the hotel entrance. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1930s, 1940s and 1950s automobiles are on the street.
2023.011.0145
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Mixed-use hotel building; L-shaped plan; 7 stories; 3 bays, front façade and 13 bays, side façade; brick façade; single and double 4/1 sash windows except storefronts, ground floor and entry bay; brick frieze with stone panels; crenelated brick parapet with inset balusters; brick pilasters between each bay extend into the parapet; header brick lintels and stone sills; offset entrance with stone surround including a scrolled pediment flanked by fluted columns; stone string courses below the second and third floors; stone medallions between the bays on the second floor.
Jersey City, NJ
2023.011
John Amato
Donation
circa 1930 - circa 1970
10 in
8 in
