B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at an 6129 Park Avenue, West New York.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0806
Description
Storefront signage reads: GEMIGNANI PHARMACY DRUGS EX-LAX PRESCRIPTIONS; 697 MEAT MARKET 697, QUALITY SERVICE. Billboard signage reads: Boy, there's one that does look different!, 1940 CHEVROLET, SEE YOUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER; PALISADES AMUSEMENT PARK FREE; NEW JERSEY after Labor Da[y]. A street cleaner's cart is by a trash can near the curb. A street sign reads: TURN ON GREEN ONLY. The street is a brick road. Circa 1930s-1940s automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use apartment building on corner lot; rectangular plan; 2 stories plus raised basement; ground floor storefronts; 4 bays front façade and 10 bays on side façade; brick façade; single 9/1 sash windows per bay except pane glass on storefronts; molded cornice above storefronts; flat roof; chimneys; bracketed and denticulated cornice; flat arch stone lintels on first floor; brick lintels and sills; 2 offset entrances under a single bracketed cornice.
