Old New York Apartment Floor Plans

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Each featured apartment building is briefly described, and illustrated with an exterior photograph and one or more floor plans . Try also searching keywords, like floor plan , setting the date filter to include the years a drawing was made. Some I-Cards include rough drawings of a residential building's floor plan .
New York's fabulous luxury apartments

New York's fabulous luxury apartments : with original floor plans from the Dakota, River House, Olympic Tower, and other great buildings by Alpern, Andrew
Abstract Published in 1908 as a reference guide for developers and the real estate industry to entice potential middle and upper class tenants to New York City's new and luxurious apartment houses. Each featured apartment building is briefly described, and illustrated with an exterior photograph and one or more floor plans . Includes index.

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You can request drawings, plans or documents for properties located in New York City by submitting a Record Request online in DOB's Building Information System (BIS) via DOB NOW: BIS Options.
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The Classic Six Apartment Layout and Pre
The Classic Six apartment layout stands as one of the most desirable floor plans in New York City real estate, yet its design principles remain relevant for home builders and renovators nationwide. This apartment type emerged during the pre-war building boom of the 1920s and 1930s, when architects designed homes for families who employed live-in domestic staff. The Classic Six gets its name ...
The New York Real Estate Brochure Collection, housed in Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library's Classics Department, consists of over 9,200 advertising brochures, floor plans , price lists, and related materials that document residential and commercial real estate development in the five boroughs of New York and outlying vicinities from the ...

What is a prewar apartment
The vast majority of apartments , whether fabulously grand or more modest, will have maximum 3-4 dedicated public rooms: The foyer/gallery, living room, dining room, and library, and in some cases, a reception room. That wild floorplan above, once the top floor of 907 Fifth Avenue, is the only apartment I've seen with separate living and "drawing" rooms. But that apartment has just four ...





The Department of Buildings requires the filing of applications and supporting material for permits to construct or alter buildings in New York City. This collection contains the plans and drawings filed with the Department of Buildings between 1866-1978, for the buildings on all 958 blocks of Lower Manhattan, from the Battery to 34th Street, as well as a small quantity of material for blocks ...