B&W photo of apartment building at 2677 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City.

Name/Title

B&W photo of apartment building at 2677 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City.

Entry/Object ID

2023.011.0151

Description

A pedestrian is on the sidewalk. A parking meter is by the curb. The frieze above the entrance reads: GLENWOOD. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1950s automobiles are parked along the curb.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject

Apartment building; rectangular plan; 4 stories plus raised basement; 6 bays except 5 bays first floor; brick façade with patterned brick panels and geometric stone ornaments; single and double 3/1 and 4/1 sash windows except entry bay; flat roof; parapet formed by semi-elliptical stone arch moldings above the bays and pinnacles extending from 4 pilasters; keystone window heads and lintels on first floor; keystone lintels on fourth floor end bays; brick lintels elsewhere and stone sills; central steel and glass double-door entrance with transom window and bracketed portico and stone surround.

Subject Place

Location

Jersey City, NJ

Acquisition

Accession

2023.011

Source or Donor

John Amato

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1930 - circa 1970

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of print

Transcription

2677 Hudson Blvd, Jersey City

Material/Technique

Handwritten

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

8 in