NYC Image Of The Day: Proposed Subway To Staten Island, 1912

If only... In 1912, New York's MTA proposed a subway tunnel connecting Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue toStaten Island, which would have allowed "the other borough" to truly feel like part of New York City (map on right).



It wasn't for lack of trying. In 1923, the Brooklyn Transit Co. began digging a tunnel under Owl’s Head Park in Bay Ridge BK to connect the Fourth Avenue line to Staten Island off St. George. But 150 feet in, a lack of funds called off the project.



Again in 1929, a Staten Island-Bay Ridge subway link was considered (map above). The Depression neatly ended that attempt.



Once more, in the early 1960s, community leaders proposed adding subway tracks to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, then under construction. But anti-mass transit city leader Robert Moses, who was paid a hefty sum to maintain automobile traffic throughout New York (the same dude that wanted to cut a highway through both Greenwich Village and Brooklyn Heights), refused to hear of it. And so today, Staten Island is accessible only by car or the Staten Island Ferry. I've lived here 15 years; never been to SI.

NYC Vintage Image: Turkish Bath Between Subway Stations? 1950s

There's nothing quite as refreshing as a Turkish bath between stops on the New York subway. Extra steam, if you please. 1950s.

NYC Vintage Image: William Lescaze's Acclaimed 211 East 48th, 1949

When Swiss-born architect William Lescaze designed and built his four-story residence & office in 1949 among a row of 19th Century brownstones at 211 East 48th Street, the great writer E.B. White observed, "Its designer must have been dreaming about South Miami Beach when he built his glass-brick and stucco Art Deco dream house."



Not quite... Lescaze came to the States in 1923, designing interiors for restaurants and nightclubs in Cleveland before focusing on office, retail and apartment interiors, then turning his attention to structural design. He gained fame for the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society building in 1932, cited for such advanced innovations as central AC and aluminum-framed windows.



In his home, right-hand stairs go down to the ground floor studio and office space for Lescaze’s architectural practice; the left-hand stoop goes up to the first floor, comprising kitchen, dining room and library; the second floor contains bedrooms; and the third floor a living room. With the exception of a piano and two bentwood chairs, all furniture was designed by Lescaze



Still, that there house is awfully odd, huh? Remarkably, it stands today as it did then, between Second & Third avenues, protected by New City Landmarks, which sniffs that it offers “a complex, rationally designed street front with precisely balanced solids and voids.” My god, I was thinking the very same thing.



Recently, the current owner offered the 5,124-square-foot building for rent, after completing repairs and renovations to the entire structure, including a glass-enclosed elevator. Ooh la la! The going price: $19,950 a month. Lescaze died in 1969, but he'd likely be damn proud.Then... and now...Below, real estate broker pics: yours for a prayer & a song!

And a final note about Lescaze: He gained such renown that he was asked to design a protoype for the world famous Museum of Modern Art. His wood & metal models from 1930-1931 are now proudly on display at the MoMa.

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