B&W photo of the mixed-use Hotel Plaza at 91 Sip Avenue, Jersey City.
Entry/Object ID
2023.011.0146
Description
People gather in front of the entrance to a bar on a busy street corner. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk. A sign on the roof of a building and a vertical sign projecting from the building read: HOTEL PLAZA. Storefront signage on the ground floor reads: PLAZA GRILL BAR. A vertical sign projecting on the side of the building reads: RESTAURANT. Other storefront signage on the street reads: PLAZA LAUNDRY; PLAZA TAILORS; WATCHES JEWELRY; NEW JOURNAL RESTAURANT. A NO PARKING sign is painted on the street near the hotel entrance. Leaves are on the trees. Circa 1930s, 1940s and 1950s automobiles are on the street.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Print - silver bromide
Subject
Mixed-use hotel building; L-shaped plan; 7 stories; 3 bays, front façade and 13 bays, side façade; brick façade; single and double 4/1 sash windows except storefronts, ground floor and entry bay; brick frieze with stone panels; crenelated brick parapet with inset balusters; brick pilasters between each bay extend into the parapet; header brick lintels and stone sills; offset entrance with stone surround including a scrolled pediment flanked by fluted columns; stone string courses below the second and third floors; stone medallions between the bays on the second floor.
