INSTAGRAMMABLE

Once again, it's time to say thank you to all of the talented Instagrammers for all their hard work.

Chrysler Building gargoyles set against a backdrop of The Manor ‒ with The Cloister in the shadows ‒ by gettinviggy

"Rolling the dice in Tudor City" by hecticful      

"RIP Tudor City Greens" by thewigmusic        

"Lost in nothingness" by perceptionshot                   

        

  Manhattanhenge madness by chief770                       

Illustrations from "The French Plan"

 

Today's post deals with illustrations found in the book, The French Plan, and we have chosen some pictures that are rarely seen. The first depicts the North Park ‒ through the branches can be seen The Manor.  

The Tenth Unit is Essex House (that's The Woodstock rising behind it).

Haddon Hall, Hardwicke Hall and Hatfield House, the 3Hs, aka the Eighth Unit.

The Hermitage assumes Sixth Unit status.

The Eleventh Unit was never built, but was still being talked about in 1929 as an option. See our earlier post here.

Showing The Manor, No. 45 and No. 25. 

For more about the French Plan, see here.

Some Instagrams

Once again, it's time to say thank you to the Instagram posters responsible for today's entry. Drum roll, please.

"Tudor City express" by everydayimshuttering         

"Autumn in NYC" by martha.aurelia888            

 "Tudor City 1931" by jensen.austin    

The Manor by georgioudominic           

A grotesque by zeldman   

"Big Apple" by sonamempire            

                  

Instagrammable You

Welcome back to the world of Instagram and the talented people who live there.

by tudorcityvintage             

For your consideration are these freeze frames from a 2024 reel by tudorcityvintage. "Amazing party view tonight" (on the top floor of the Ford Foundation) was the caption.

by supersample12                   

by alanstreets                         

by konstantineburns       

by gettinviggy                       

TUDOR CITY SERVICE covers

 A look back at the origins of Tudor City's monthly magazine, when it first appeared in 1934 as Tudor City Service. Although rather bland reading, it served its purpose and ran until 1938 when it changed its name to Tudor City View. Here are some of its earliest covers:  

To make up for last week's post, The Hermitage as it should be seen.

The Entrance to The Manor in aqua.

The Tulip Festival gets called out on the cover.

Location, location, location.

At times, they would even put a random painting on the cover. What the heck! 

More about Tudor City Service here and Tudor City View here.

Anatomy of Another Street Corner

Today's episode of our Anatomy series takes a close-up look at the northwest corner of 42nd Street and First Avenue. This view also includes a part of No. 45, but is mainly a study of the three-story building behind Prospect Tower. 

The photo by Brown Brothers is from 1947.

The building appears to be a garage for the United Dressed Beef Company ‒ Best Quality and Service for over 95 years ‒ whose main operation was three blocks away at 45th Street. The company also used a lot across the street for more parking. 

Looking up, the ivy growing on No. 45 is slowly creeping over to its next-door neighbor. 

Back down at street level, we see the street numbers posted on a Mast-Arm light fixture: E 42 ST/1st AVE.

A rather spectacular taxi cab.

Another entrance to the building, which is on 1st Avenue. What is going on on the upper floors is anyone's guess. To the right, there is a billboard advertisement at 43rd Street, which alas cannot be read. Today, this space is the site of the Sharansky Steps.

Finally, a corner of The Manor looks out over the scene and patiently waits for it all to change with the coming of the U.N., three years away.

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We'll be away next week but back again June 15.

Instagrammable You

Hello, once again from the wondrous world of Instagram, offering inspiration to our intrepid Instagrammers. 

    

by mrcpix                 

by ericsamuels2      

by therescuedphoto                                

by enginberiphoto                

by fabulousfrederick       

TUDOR CITY, circa 1940

A couple of months ago, we came upon a collaboration of the Works Progress Administration and the New York City Tax Department, a photographic record of all the buildings of the five boroughs in 1940. Although its purpose was quickly forgotten, the indecipherable numbers remain in every picture.

Here are all the buildings that were part of the original Tudor City. Though some got short shrift ‒ hello No. 25 ‒ all were recorded. 

No. 45, Prospect Tower

The Cloister and The Manor

The Hermitage

No. 25, Tudor Tower and No. 5, Windsor Tower

No. 5, Windsor Tower

The 3-Hs: Haddon Hall, Hardwicke Hall and Hatfield House 

Hotel Tudor and Essex House

Hotel Tudor

The Woodstock

REAL ESTATE REPORT: What's Your Apartment Worth?

  Recent Tudor City sale prices via Streeteasy.

Sign in No. 5 Lobby

The Cloister 

$795,000, Apt 812, two bedroom

$710,000, Apt 310, two bedroom

Essex House

$962,500, Apt 701, two bedroom

$962,000, Apt 601, two bedroom

Haddon Hall
$785,000, Apt 1101C, one bedroom
$781,000, Apt 703C, two bedroom

Hardwicke Hall
$740,000, Apt 702B, two bedroom
$325,000, Apt 303B, studio 

Hatfield House   
$335,000, Apt 408A, studio
$338,120, Apt 1103A, studio

The Hermitage 
The Hermitage is a rental-only building. Recent monthly rentals:
$6,395, Apt 805, three bedroom

$4,998, Apt 1004, two bedroom

The Manor  

$475,000, Apt 206, one bedroom

$450,000, Apt 315, one bedroom

Prospect Tower, No. 45
$550,000, Apt 707, one bedroom
$487,500, Apt 1807, one bedroom

Tudor Gardens, No. 2
$1,225,000, Apt 9HS, two bedroom

$950,o00, Apt 15ES, one bedroom

Tudor Tower, No. 25
$435,000, Apt 1205, one bedroom
$425,000, Apt 1519, one bedroom

Windsor Tower, No. 5
$475,000, Apt 1125, one bedroom
$450,000, Apt 1920, one bedroom

Woodstock Tower

$745,000, Apt PH-3206, one bedroom

$465,000, Apt 2310, one bedroom

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The entrants for best million-dollar listing include a two bedroom unit at $1,199,000 or a three bedroom spread with a terrace at $1,900,000, both of which are in No. 2. There is also a three bedroom in the Essex House for a cool $1,580,000.

And then there is this one bedroom at $1,950,000 in No. 5. Yes, it's a penthouse. And one of the least expensive ones because of its smaller size ‒ around 1,000 square feet. But it's arranged over three floors, one of which is a swell little terrace. 

PH5: Entry level main room with 18-foot-high ceiling.

PH5: Top level garden terrace.

We wrote about this same penthouse back in 2017, when it was off the market; more about it here. And its up-to-the-minute listing here from Compass.