The Engine 67 firehouse designed by
Ernest Flagg &
Walter B. Chambers c. 1898 at 518 West 170th Street in
New York City. The pair also designed the Engine 33 firehouse at 44 Great Jones Street seen
HERE the same year. Click
HERE to see the Engine 67 firehouse on google street view. Photo from
Architectural Record, 1901.
Sorry to see the doors and pair of flanking lanterns gone, but glad to see the exterior otherwise seeming to be intact. As I don't think I have ever been on W 170th Street, this was a treat.
ReplyDeleteWest 170th St...
ReplyDeleteThat's in Idaho, right?
Very interesting
ReplyDeleteA simple utilitarian firehouse lifted to the heights of urban elegance. masterful
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