| 词条 | Astral Apartments |
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|name = The Astral Apartments |nrhp_type = |image = Astral Apartments jeh.JPG |caption = Astral Apartments, August 2008 |location= 184 Franklin St., New York, New York |coordinates = {{coord|40|43|54|N|73|57|28|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |locmapin = New York City#New York#USA |built = 1885 |architect = Lamb & Rich |architecture = |added = October 29, 1982 |area = less than one acre |governing_body = Private |refnum = 82001178[1] | designated_other2_name = NYC Landmark | designated_other2_date = June 28, 1983 | designated_other2_abbr = NYCL | designated_other2_link = New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission | designated_other2_number = | designated_other2_color = #ff0000 }} The Astral Apartments is a historic apartment building located at 184 Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The Astral was built in 1885–1886 as affordable housing for employees of Charles Pratt's Astral Oil Works. It is a massive brick and terra cotta building in the Queen Anne style.[2] It features a central projecting section with a deep, three-story-high round arch recess.[3] The roof features inward-looking decorative gargoyles. Original amenities of the building included a settlement house, library, and kindergarten.[4] Originally, a branch of the Pratt Institute Free Library operated from the ground floor of the Astral.[5] The building was designed to echo red-brick apartments built for workers by George Peabody in London.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982[1] and designated a City Landmark in 1983. In popular cultureThe building is the fictional setting for Kate Christensen's 2011 novel A Novel. References1. ^1 {{NRISref|version=2009a}} {{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}{{Brooklyn-NRHP-stub}}{{Brooklyn-struct-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://nyc-architecture.com/GPT/gpt011.htm|title=New York Architecture: The Astral Apartments|accessdate=2011-07-01|publisher=nyc-architecture.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708080201/http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GPT/gpt011.htm|archivedate=8 July 2011 |deadurl=no}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3245|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration:Astral Apartments|date=July 1981|accessdate=2011-02-20 |author=James T. Dillon and Anne B. Covell|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3246|title=Accompanying four photos}} 4. ^{{Cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of New York City|last=Jackson|first=Kenneth|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0-300-11465-2|location=New Haven|pages=73–74}} 5. ^Ostrander, Stephen M. (1894). [https://books.google.com/books?id=HHUmAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County, Volume II]. Brooklyn, NY: Subscription. 8 : Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City|Residential buildings in Brooklyn|Apartment buildings in New York City|Residential buildings completed in 1886|Queen Anne architecture in New York City|Greenpoint, Brooklyn|National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn|1886 establishments in New York (state) |
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