Architect: F. Albert Hunt & Edwin Kline
7 Bond Street, Great Neck
This three-story, 11-bay, red brick building has small front and rear courts. The building is designed in an “H”-plan and includes commercial space at the street level. The roofline is varied for interest. (The original cast-stone copings at the roofline have been replaced with aluminum.) The design of the façade is symmetrical. The recessed central entrance bay on the principal façade is located at the connector of the “H,” and is fronted by a small landscaped court. A small plaque with relief ornament is located just under the roofline on this bay. The entrance is enframed with an elaborate NeoJacobean door surround. A small cartouche over the door reads “Plaza Apts.” Projecting wings, decorated with Art Deco stone finials at the top corners, flank this central bay. Storefronts are located in the projecting wings. The original specifications called for wrought-iron balconies on third-floor windows of the principal facade and wrought iron security bars on the lower-level windows (some are extant).
In 1982 the building underwent extensive renovations designed by architect Walter Blum of Great Neck. These included repair of the original lobby paneling, renovations to kitchens and bathrooms, a new asphalt shingle roof, new double-hung aluminum windows, removal of dumbwaiters, removal of Colonial Revival door surrounds at the storefronts and Art Deco stone finials, cleaning of stonework, and repointing of brick. The biggest change was the installation of an elevator, which necessitated cutting through the center of the building to form an elevator shaft, which reduced the available floor space of several apartments. In 1983, Blum designed a new landscaping plan for the Bond Street elevation. These included new brick sidewalks and walkway in keeping with VGNP requirements (which replaced the original walkway of bluestone flags) and plantings of flowering dogwood, cedar, rhododendron, red azalea, little leaf holly, and pachysandra.
In 1982 the building underwent extensive renovations designed by architect Walter Blum of Great Neck. These included repair of the original lobby paneling, renovations to kitchens and bathrooms, a new asphalt shingle roof, new double-hung aluminum windows, removal of dumbwaiters, removal of Colonial Revival door surrounds at the storefronts and Art Deco stone finials, cleaning of stonework, and repointing of brick. The biggest change was the installation of an elevator, which necessitated cutting through the center of the building to form an elevator shaft, which reduced the available floor space of several apartments. In 1983, Blum designed a new landscaping plan for the Bond Street elevation. These included new brick sidewalks and walkway in keeping with VGNP requirements (which replaced the original walkway of bluestone flags) and plantings of flowering dogwood, cedar, rhododendron, red azalea, little leaf holly, and pachysandra.
The original building permit was granted in March of 1931. In June of that year an additional permit was granted for the inclusion of a penthouse. Construction was estimated to cost $96,500.
Source: http://www.greatneckplaza.net/historic/vsurvey.php?p=7bond
Source: http://www.greatneckplaza.net/historic/vsurvey.php?p=7bond
I happen to like the architecture style of this building. It is contemporary with the brick and mortar surface. It is a tribute to the pre-war times.
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