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Projects & Proposals > Manhattan > Virtual Tour of Malcolm X Boulevard

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This page describes Malcolm X Boulevard as it appeared in 2001. The tour was developed as part of the Malcolm X Boulevard Streetscape Enhancement Project. These pages are no longer being updated.

24. 4 to 22 and 13 to 21 West 121st Street

The firm of Cleverdon and Putzel, architects of speculative row houses, was the most prolific design team in the Mount Morris Park area. This series of homes (1887-90) is typical of middle-class housing created by untrained designers for developers who realized reasonable profits by employing non-professionals. The capriciously carved details in the form of humorous faces add a liveliness to the otherwise standard brownstone design of the time. One wonders who the models for these characters were, and if they were flattered by their likenesses!

9 West 121st Street (detail)
photo of 9 West 121st Street (detail)

4 - 14 West 121st Street
photo of 4 - 14 West 121st Street

13 - 21st West 121st Street
photo of 13 - 21st West 121st Street

17 West 121st Street (detail)
photo of 17 West 121st Street (detail)

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