The Bronx is Beautiful

The Bronx is Beautiful

Gold-tiled detailing from a fountain in the lobby of 888 Grand Concourse, designed by Emry Roth

Living room of the coop apartment belonging to Caroline Chiti and her husband (see Profiles) at 1100 Grand Concourse

Gargoyle from the ornatley decorated Plaza Apartments, currently a rental building

Detail of entrance to lobby of 888 Grand Concourse, at 161st Street, designed by Emry Roth, which is currently a rental building

Crossing in front of the Bronx Museum of the Arts in the Grand Concourse

View across intersection of 161st Street to Joyce Kilmer Park from 888 Grand Concourse, designed by Emry Roth, currently a rental building.

Chair in the grand lobby of 1075 Grand Concourse, once called The Farragut.

Fountain in the center of the modernist lobby designed by Emry Roth in 888 Grand Concourse, reminiscent of Roth-designed Manhattan apartment buildings from the late 1930s.

Colorful brickwork detail from the Plaza Apartments on Jerome Avenue, the first Art Deco building in the Bronx, just behind the new Yankee Stadium. Currently a rental building.

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Art Deco lobby door in 675 Walton, a coop building

View up the Grand Concourse from 161st Street. In the foreground is the Concourse Plaza.

Bedroom of apartment at 1100 Grand Concourse apartment.

Lobby of 811 Walton Ave, a coop building overlooking Franz Sigel Park.

Art Deco floor detail from 888 Grand Concourse at 161st Street.

Capitol of a column in the lobby of 1100 Grand Concourse, a coop building.

Walls have been removed to create a large open entertaining space in the 1100 Grand Concourse of Killian Jordan.

Detail of railing to an interior office space in 1075 Grand Concourse.

Overview of Joyce Kilmer Park along the Grand Concourse. Movies were shown in this park during the summer of 2008.

Art-deco detailing on an interior railing in the lobby of 675 Walton Avenue.

The Park Plaza apartment buildings, the first Art Deco complex built in the Bronx, face the new Yankee stadium and boast exceptionally colorful and beautiful terracotta trim.

Exceptionally long dining room in the 1075 Grand Concourse apartment of Caroline Chiti.

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