B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 1610-1616 Summit Avenue, Union City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0505
Description
Several windows are open. Storefront signage reads: COSMETICS, SUN GLASSES; BANNER GROCERS, FILIGREE Quality FOODS, DIARY PRODUCTS; [illegible] MOVING; Cap[illegible] MEAT MARKET. A street sign reads: ONE WAY. Circa 1930s-1940s-1950s vehicles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use apartment building; rectangular plan; 4 stories; 10 bays on front façade and 4 bays on side façade; 4 ground level storefronts; brick façade with diamond pattern section above the third floor; single 1/1 sash windows except glass panes on storefronts; flat roof; consoled cornice with denticulated and festooned panel frieze; arched keystone window heads, molded lintels, and keystone flat arch lintels; stone sills; storefronts topped with consoled cornice and denticulated and festooned frieze; wood and glass storefront entrances with transom windows; central wood and glass double-door entrance to apartments with transom window and arched brick surround; fire escape; string course on fifth floor.
