2309 Broadway: Broadway Fashion Building
AKA 2309-2315 Broadway; 250-260 West 84th StreetÂ
2309 Broadway
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Date:Â 1930-1931
NB Number:Â NB 170-1930
Type: Â Commercial Building
Architect: Â Sugarman & Berger
Developer/Owner/Builder:Â Charlotte R Lee; Broadway & 84th St Corp
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Historic District
Landmark Designation Report: RiversideDrive – West End Historic District Extension I
National Register Designation:Â N/A
Primary Style: Â Art Deco
Primary Facade: Â Â Glass, Steel, and Terra Cotta
Stories:Â 4
Window Type/Material:Â placeholder
Structure: Special Windows: Bowed corner windows with transom and sidelights; Decorative Metal Work: Metal work on facade, spandrel panels, metal window enframements; Significant Architectural Features: Predominantly glass curtain wall facade with prominent round corner; white stainless geometric forms at spandrel panels; large windows with minimal enframements; inlaid black terra cotta piers topped by stepped white geometric ornament; cornice of white overlapping hexagonal forms.
East Facade: Designed (historic) Door(s): Replaced primary door Windows: Mixed Storefront(s): Altered Sidewalk Material(s): Concrete Curb Material(s): Stone North Facade: Designed (historic) Facade Notes: Predominantly glass curtain wall facade white stainless geometric forms at spandrel panels; large windows with minimal enframements; inlaid black terra cotta piers topped by stepped white geometric ornament; cornice of white overlapping hexagonal forms.
West Facade: Not designed (historic) (partially visible) Facade Notes: Brick facade; windows with molded stone sills
References: NYC, Department of Buildings; Notable History and Residents: The Princeton Review
Historic District: Riverside Drive-West End HD Extension I
Alterations: Storefronts altered, some windows replaced