1931 newspaper ad detail. Though the ad promotes Tudor City's cool river breezes, the casement windows angled to catch the breeze make those curtains billow. |
Like the Murphy Bed, casement windows are indelibly associated with Tudor City.
Nearly all apartments are equipped with them, and always will be ‒ they're landmarked. The two exceptions are The Hermitage, where most windows were replaced prior to landmarking in 1985, and Tudor Gardens, which has no Tudor ornament whatsoever.
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Manufactured by the Detroit Steel Products Company under the brand name Fenestra, Tudor City's casement windows are made of steel and built to last. A 1930s promotional brochure (at left) spells out additional benefits:
- Weathertight
- Fire Resistant
- Admit More Light
- Burglar Protective
- Easy to Drape
- Easy Operation
- Admit More Light
- Burglar Protective
- Easy to Drape
- Easy Operation
Easy to clean - ha! Just try cramming your arm through the smaller kitchen or bathroom windows. We just did a total cleaning of the windows in our new Woodstock "Apartment of the Future" and ended up covered in black soot, only to see dirty spots return a few weeks later. Did TC ever provide window washers for it's full service tenants?
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