Public School 168, bounded by 104th and 105th Streets and 1st Avenue Harlem. 1920
Information about the former school which has been renovated into apartments;
Borough: Manhattan Block: 1676 Lot: 11
Address; 317 EAST 104 STREET, 10029v Lot Area: 30275 sq. feet Lot Frontage: 150 feet
Lot Depth: 201.83 feet
Year built: 1910
Number of floors: 5 Building Gross Area: 202750 sq. feet
Residential Units: 88
Closeup crop showing the dormer towers where the griffins were mounted on either side of.
Carved oak capital from the auditorium.
Modern photo of the building's 104th st side is courtesy of;
NRV real estate site
Per their photo license on flickr.com, they say;
Contacts can use our photos on a website or blog, with a link back to our website
There is an identical school on 99th to 100th at 2nd ave, PS 109 which in an earlier version of this page was shown by mistake as PS 168 in a view out the back window of a building on 96th street being demolished. As it happened, I never took any photos of PS 168 in 1976.
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