B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 2 Kearny Street, Newark.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0229
Description
A woman holds a child's hand while crossing the intersection. People are on the sidewalk near the entrance. Storefront signage reads: ATLAS FOOD & LIQUOR DELICATESSEN; C.J. DOHERTY Venetian Blinds; ALBERTS LUNCHEONETTE, HOSTESS ICE CREAM; WEBER COFFEE CO. EST 18[??]; TAFT STORES TAILORS FURRIERS CLEANERS DYERS. Windows are open on the fourth floor. An air conditioner is in one. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1950s automobiles are parked along the streets.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use apartment building; rectangular plan; 4 stories; 11 bays on front façade and 10 bays on side façade; brick façade except stone on first floor; symmetrically spaced pilasters with foliated capitals on the second, third and fourth floors; single 6/1 sash windows except storefronts and entry bay; flat roof; brick parapet with urn-shaped pinnacles; molded cornice with lion's head ornaments; patterned brick frieze; brick lintels and stone sills; central wood and glass double-door entrance with transom window and recessed multi-arched keystone surround; stone sill course on the second floor.
