B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 501-503 Central Avenue, Newark.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0233
Description
A neon sign projected over a restaurant awning reads: [D&F?] RESTAURANT HOME COOKING BARBECUE. Branded cigarette and soda advertisements are posted in the restaurant windows. Signage on another storefront reads: Watkins QUALITY PRODUCTS. A street sign reads: NO STOPPING OR STANDING 4-6 PM 1 HOUR LIMIT. A circa 1950s automobile is parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use apartment building; rectangular plan with recessed central bay above the entrance containing a fire escape; 4 stories; 7 bays except storefronts on first floor; brick façade; double 1/1 sash windows with geometric leadlights on top except where replaced with panes; flat roof; brick parapet with pinnacles; bracketed and denticulated shed roof cornice; brick quoining and panels on the second and third floors; brick lintels and stone sills; central wood panel double-door entrance with transom window and keystone arch surround; fire escape in recessed bay; stone string course above the storefronts.
